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36 .Nd mark an ELF binary for a specific ABI
40 .Op Fl f Ar ELF_ABI_number
44 This command marks an ELF binary to be run under a certain ABI for
47 The options are as follows:
49 .It Fl f Ar ELF_ABI_number
50 forces branding with the supplied ELF ABI number.
54 These values are assigned by SCO/USL.
56 lists all known ELF types on the standard error channel.
58 turns on verbose reporting.
60 Brands the given ELF binaries to be of the
63 Currently supported ABIs are
71 is given it will brand
75 otherwise it will simply display the branding of
79 The following is an example of a typical usage
85 .Dl % brandelf -t Linux file
87 Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
88 fails if a file does not exist, is too short, fails to brand properly,
89 or the brand requested is not one of the known types and the
94 .%A The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
95 .%T System V Application Binary Interface
96 .%D April 29, 1998 (DRAFT)
97 .%O http://www.sco.com/developer/devspecs/
102 manual page first appeared in
105 This manual page was written by
106 .An John-Mark Gurney Aq gurney_j@efn.org .