conv(1) conv(1)NAME conv - swap bytes in COFF files SYNOPSIS conv [-] [-a] [-o] [-p] [-s] -t target file ... DESCRIPTION The conv command converts object files from their current format to the format of the target machine. The converted file is written to file.v. Flag options are: - read files from standard input. -a If the input file is an archive, produce the output file in the old archive format. -o If the input file is an archive, produce the output file in the UNIX 6.0 (Version 6) port- able archive format. -p UNIX V.0 random access archive format. This is the default. -s Byte-swap all bytes in object file. This is useful only for 3B20 object files which are to be swab-dumped from a DEC machine to a 3B20. -t target Convert the object file to the byte ordering of the machine (target) to which the object file is being shipped. This may be another host or a target machine. Legal values for target are: pdp, vax, ibm, i86, x86, b16, n3b, m32, and m68k. conv can be used to convert all object files in common ob- ject file format. It can be used on either the source (sending) or target (receiving) machine. conv is meant to ease the problems created by a multihost cross-compilation development environment. conv is best used within a procedure for shipping object files from one machine to another. conv will recognize and produce archive files in three for- mats: the UNIX pre-V.0 format, the V.0 random access for- mat, and the 6.0 portable ASCII. EXAMPLES echo *.out | conv - -t m68k April, 1990 1
conv(1) conv(1)FILES /bin/conv DIAGNOSTICS All diagnostics for the conv command are intended to be self-explanatory. Fatal diagnostics on the command lines cause termination. Fatal diagnostics on an input file cause the program to continue to the next input file. WARNINGS conv does not convert archives from one format to another if both the source and target machines have the same byte ord- ering. 2 April, 1990