ELF2OLF(1) BSD Reference Manual ELF2OLF(1)
elf2olf, olf2elf - convert between ELF and OLF object module format
elf2olf [-v] [-o opsys] module [...] olf2elf [-v] file [...]
The elf2olf utility reads the specified ELF version 1 module operands and converts them to the default operating system's OLF object module format. The olf2elf utility reverses the process. The module operands are pro- cessed in command line order. The options are as follows: -v Operate in verbose mode. -o opsys Specifies the operating system OLF tag opsys as follows: openbsd OpenBSD netbsd NetBSD freebsd FreeBSD 44bsd 4.4BSD linux Linux svr4 AT&T System V Release 4 esix esix UNIX solaris SunSoft Solaris irix SGI IRIX sco SCO UNIX dell Dell SVR4 ncr NCR SVR4 The elf2olf and olf2elf utilities exit 0 on success or >0 if an error oc- curred.
The elf2olf and olf2elf utilities first appeared in OpenBSD 2.1.
Erik Theisen
The ELF version 1 object module format lacks any real method to determine the native operating system for any given binary thus mandating the ex- istence of these tools. The converted binaries created by elf2olf will no longer execute on their native operating system, only on OLF enabled platforms, although olf2elf will undo the damage. MirBSD #10-current May 5, 1997 1