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The options control how and 66which fields in the ELF header should be updated. 67 68 <p><var>elffile</var><small class="dots">...</small> are the ELF files to be updated. 32-bit and 6964-bit ELF files are supported, as are archives containing ELF files. 70<!-- man end --> 71 72<!-- man begin OPTIONS elfedit --> 73 <p>The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are 74equivalent. At least one of the <samp><span class="option">--output-mach</span></samp>, 75<samp><span class="option">--output-type</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--output-osabi</span></samp> options must be given. 76 77 <dl> 78<dt><samp><span class="env">--input-mach=</span><var>machine</var></samp><dd>Set the matching input ELF machine type to <var>machine</var>. If 79<samp><span class="option">--input-mach</span></samp> isn't specified, it will match any ELF 80machine types. 81 82 <p>The supported ELF machine types are, <var>L1OM</var>, <var>K1OM</var> and 83<var>x86-64</var>. 84 85 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">--output-mach=</span><var>machine</var></samp><dd>Change the ELF machine type in the ELF header to <var>machine</var>. The 86supported ELF machine types are the same as <samp><span class="option">--input-mach</span></samp>. 87 88 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">--input-type=</span><var>type</var></samp><dd>Set the matching input ELF file type to <var>type</var>. If 89<samp><span class="option">--input-type</span></samp> isn't specified, it will match any ELF file types. 90 91 <p>The supported ELF file types are, <var>rel</var>, <var>exec</var> and <var>dyn</var>. 92 93 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">--output-type=</span><var>type</var></samp><dd>Change the ELF file type in the ELF header to <var>type</var>. The 94supported ELF types are the same as <samp><span class="option">--input-type</span></samp>. 95 96 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">--input-osabi=</span><var>osabi</var></samp><dd>Set the matching input ELF file OSABI to <var>osabi</var>. If 97<samp><span class="option">--input-osabi</span></samp> isn't specified, it will match any ELF OSABIs. 98 99 <p>The supported ELF OSABIs are, <var>none</var>, <var>HPUX</var>, <var>NetBSD</var>, 100<var>GNU</var>, <var>Linux</var> (alias for <var>GNU</var>), 101<var>Solaris</var>, <var>AIX</var>, <var>Irix</var>, 102<var>FreeBSD</var>, <var>TRU64</var>, <var>Modesto</var>, <var>OpenBSD</var>, <var>OpenVMS</var>, 103<var>NSK</var>, <var>AROS</var> and <var>FenixOS</var>. 104 105 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">--output-osabi=</span><var>osabi</var></samp><dd>Change the ELF OSABI in the ELF header to <var>osabi</var>. The 106supported ELF OSABI are the same as <samp><span class="option">--input-osabi</span></samp>. 107 108 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-v</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--version</span></samp><dd>Display the version number of <samp><span class="command">elfedit</span></samp>. 109 110 <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-h</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--help</span></samp><dd>Display the command line options understood by <samp><span class="command">elfedit</span></samp>. 111 112 </dl> 113 114<!-- man end --> 115 </body></html> 116 117