freebsd man page for elf2aout

ELF2AOUT(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					       ELF2AOUT(1)

NAME
     elf2aout -- Convert ELF binary to a.out format

SYNOPSIS
     elf2aout [-o outfile] infile

DESCRIPTION
     The elf2aout utility is used to convert an ELF formatted binary, namely a kernel, to an a.out formatted one.  Most OpenBoot firmware require
     an a.out format or FCode boot image and this utility is designed to accommodate.  If infile is not in ELF format, an error message will be
     presented.

SEE ALSO
     elf(3), a.out(5)

HISTORY
     The elf2aout utility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.6.

AUTHORS
     The elf2aout utility was written by Jake Burkholder <jake@FreeBSD.org>.  This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>.

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