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 NetWare 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 particular, of the NLM
       Development and Tools Overview, which is  part  of  the  NLM  Software  Developer's  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 Developer's Kit, available from Novell, Inc.

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

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

       -h
       --help
           Prints a usage summary.

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

SEE ALSO

       the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (c)  1991,  1992,  1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 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-2.15.97                                   2005-04-20                                         NLMCONV(1)