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.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/objformat/objformat.1,v 1.3.2.4 2002/06/21 15:28:32 charnier Exp $
.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/objformat/objformat.1,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:30 dillon Exp $
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.Dd October 25, 1998
.Os
.Dt OBJFORMAT 1
.Sh NAME
.Nm objformat
.Nd reports default binary format and program deflector
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Nm prog
.Sh DESCRIPTION
If run as
.Nm
the default object file format is reported.  The two different object file
formats are
.Ar aout
and
.Ar elf .
.Pp
If invoked by any other name,
.Nm prog
is expanded to
.Pa /usr/libexec/<objformat>/prog
and executed.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The
.Nm
utility returns with exit code 1
if called with an improper number of arguments, or if
.Nm prog
could not be executed.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width OBJFORMAT_PATH
.It Ev OBJFORMAT
If the environment variable
.Ev OBJFORMAT
is set, it overrides the default object file format.
.Ev OBJFORMAT takes precedence over
.Pa /etc/objformat .
.It Ev OBJFORMAT_PATH
If the environment variable
.Ev OBJFORMAT_PATH
is set, its value is used as the base path to
.Nm prog .
The default is
.Pa /usr/libexec .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/objformat -compact
.It Pa /etc/objformat
If present, specifies the object file format to use.  Syntax is
.Ql OBJFORMAT=xxx .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr file 1 ,
.Xr getobjformat 3
.\" .Sh STANDARDS
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Peter Wemm Aq peter@netplex.com.au .
This manual page was written by
.An David O'Brien Aq obrien@NUXI.com .
.\" .Sh BUGS