.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1996  Free Software Foundation
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.TH nlmconv 1 "March 1996" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
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.SH NAME
nlmconv \- converts object code into an NLM

.SH SYNOPSIS
.hy 0
.na
.TP
.B nlmconv
.RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIbfdname\fB\ |\ \-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIbfdname\fB\ |\ \-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-T\ \fIheaderfile\fB\ |\ \-\-header\-file=\fIheaderfile\fR "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-V\ |\ \-\-version\fR "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-\-help\fR "\|]" 
.B infile
.B outfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nlmconv
converts the relocatable object file 
.B infile
into the NetWare Loadable Module 
.BR outfile ,
optionally reading 
.I headerfile
for NLM header information.  For instructions on writing the NLM
command file language used in header files, see 
.IR "The NetWare Tool Maker Specification Manual" ,
available from Novell, Inc.
.B nlmconv
currently works with i386 object files in 
.BR COFF ,
.BR ELF ,
or
.B a.out
format, and with SPARC object files in
.B ELF
or
.B a.out
format.
.br
.B nlmconv
uses the GNU Binary File Descriptor library to read 
.IR infile .
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-I \fIbfdname\fR, \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname
Consider the source file's object format to be 
.IR bfdname ,
rather than attempting to deduce it.
.TP
.B \-O \fIbfdname\fR, \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname
Write the output file using the object format 
.IR bfdname .
.B nlmconv
infers the output format based on the input format, e.g. for an i386
input file the output format is
.IR nlm32\-i386 .
.TP
.B \-T \fIheaderfile\fR, \fB\-\-header\-file=\fIheaderfile
Reads 
.I headerfile
for NLM header information.  For instructions on writing the NLM
command file language used in header files, see 
.IR "The NetWare Tool Maker Specification Manual" ,
available from Novell, Inc.
.TP
.B \-V\fR, \fB\-\-version
Show the version number of
.B nlmconv
and exit.
.TP
.B \-h\fR, \fB\-\-help
Show a summary of the options to
.B nlmconv
and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.RB "`\|" binutils "\|'" 
entry in 
.B
info\c
\&; 
.I
The GNU Binary Utilities\c
\&, Roland H. Pesch (June 1993).

.SH COPYING
Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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