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.Dd February 6, 1997 .Dt BRANDELF 1 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm brandelf .Nd mark an ELF binary for a specific ABI .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm brandelf .Op Fl v .Op Fl t Ar string .Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION This command marks an ELF binary to be run under a certain ABI for .Tn FreeBSD .

p The options are as follows: l -tag -width Fl t Fl v turns on verbose reporting t Fl t Ar string Brands the given ELF binaries with .Ar string as the ABI type. Currently supported ABI's are .Dq Tn FreeBSD and .Dq Linux . t Ar file If .Fl t Ar string is given it will brand .Ar file with .Ar string , otherwise it will simply display the branding of .Ar file . .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following is an example of a typical usage of the .Nm command:

p .Dl % brandelf file .Dl % brandelf -t Linux file .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails if a file doesn't exist, is too short, or fails to brand properly. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm manual page first appeared in .Fx 2.2 . .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An John-Mark Gurney Aq gurney_j@efn.org .