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 - <h4 class="subsection">3.4.3 Commands Dealing with Object File Formats</h4>
 - <p>A couple of linker script commands deal with object file formats.
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 - <dt><code>OUTPUT_FORMAT(<var>bfdname</var>)</code></dt>
 - <dt><code>OUTPUT_FORMAT(<var>default</var>, <var>big</var>, <var>little</var>)</code></dt>
 - <dd><a name="index-OUTPUT_005fFORMAT_0028bfdname_0029"></a>
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 - <p>The <code>OUTPUT_FORMAT</code> command names the BFD format to use for the
 - output file (see <a href="BFD.html#BFD">BFD</a>).  Using <code>OUTPUT_FORMAT(<var>bfdname</var>)</code> is
 - exactly like using ‘<samp>--oformat <var>bfdname</var></samp>’ on the command line
 - (see <a href="Options.html#Options">Command-line Options</a>).  If both are used, the command
 - line option takes precedence.
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 - <p>You can use <code>OUTPUT_FORMAT</code> with three arguments to use different
 - formats based on the ‘<samp>-EB</samp>’ and ‘<samp>-EL</samp>’ command-line options.
 - This permits the linker script to set the output format based on the
 - desired endianness.
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 - <p>If neither ‘<samp>-EB</samp>’ nor ‘<samp>-EL</samp>’ are used, then the output format
 - will be the first argument, <var>default</var>.  If ‘<samp>-EB</samp>’ is used, the
 - output format will be the second argument, <var>big</var>.  If ‘<samp>-EL</samp>’ is
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 - <pre class="smallexample">OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-bigmips, elf32-bigmips, elf32-littlemips)
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 - ‘<samp>elf32-bigmips</samp>’, but if the user uses the ‘<samp>-EL</samp>’ command-line
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 - files.  It affects subsequent <code>INPUT</code> and <code>GROUP</code> commands.
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