I wrote:
> Ben Elliston wrote:
> 
> > > PS: If people know of a reliable way of identifying either an a.out or
> > > COFF NetBSD platform then please let me know.  I'll then revise the
> > > patch to include that information.
> > 
> > echo "int x;" > foo.c; cc -c foo.c -o foo.o && file foo.o; rm foo.[co]
> 
> Unfortunatly it only provides a positive identification of COFF/ECOFF. 
> If it isn't one of them then it is probably a.out.  Hmm, only a.out adds
> the ``_'' prefix right?

Oops.  No  COFF also had a ``_'' prefix.

	Andrew