NLMCONV(1)		     GNU Development Tools		    NLMCONV(1)



NAME
       nlmconv - converts object code into an NLM.

SYNOPSIS
       nlmconv [-I bfdname|--input-target=bfdname]
	       [-O bfdname|--output-target=bfdname]
	       [-T headerfile|--header-file=headerfile]
	       [-d|--debug] [-l linker|--linker=linker]
	       [-h|--help] [-V|--version]
	       infile outfile

DESCRIPTION
       nlmconv	converts the relocatable i386 object file infile into the Net
       Ware Loadable Module outfile, optionally  reading  headerfile  for  NLM
       header  information.   For instructions on writing the NLM command file
       language used in header files, see the linkers section, NLMLINK in par
       ticular,  of  the  NLM Development and Tools Overview, which is part of
       the NLM Software Developers Kit ("NLM SDK"),  available	from  Novell,
       Inc.   nlmconv  uses  the  GNU  Binary  File Descriptor library to read
       infile;

       nlmconv can perform a link step.  In other words,  you  can  list  more
       than one object file for input if you list them in the definitions file
       (rather than simply specifying one input file on the command line).  In
       this case, nlmconv calls the linker for you.

OPTIONS
       -I bfdname
       --input-target=bfdname
	   Object format of the input file.  nlmconv can usually determine the
	   format of a given file (so no default is necessary).

       -O bfdname
       --output-target=bfdname
	   Object format of the output file.  nlmconv infers the output format
	   based  on  the  input format, e.g. for a i386 input file the output
	   format is nlm32-i386.

       -T headerfile
       --header-file=headerfile
	   Reads headerfile for NLM header information.  For  instructions  on
	   writing the NLM command file language used in header files, see see
	   the linkers section, of the NLM  Development  and  Tools  Overview,
	   which  is  part of the NLM Software Developers Kit, available from
	   Novell, Inc.

       -d
       --debug
	   Displays (on standard error) the linker command line used  by  nlm
	   conv.

       -l linker
       --linker=linker
	   Use	linker	for any linking.  linker can be an absolute or a rela
	   tive pathname.

       -h
       --help
	   Prints a usage summary.

       -V
       --version
	   Prints the version number for nlmconv.

       @file
	   Read command-line options from file.  The options read are inserted
	   in  place of the original @file option.  If file does not exist, or
	   cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and  not
	   removed.

	   Options  in file are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace charac
	   ter may be included in an option by surrounding the	entire	option
	   in  either  single  or  double  quotes.  Any character (including a
	   backslash) may  be  included  by  prefixing	the  character	to  be
	   included  with a backslash.	The file may itself contain additional
	   @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.

SEE ALSO
       the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,  1996,  1997,  1998,  1999,
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify	this  document
       under  the  terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
       any later version published by the Free Software  Foundation;  with  no
       Invariant  Sections,  with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
       Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled  "GNU
       Free Documentation License".



binutils-2.17			  2006-06-23			    NLMCONV(1)