cross-exe-wrapper(1)

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💖 cross-exe-wrapper(1) — the bestie manual 💖

okay so this is the page for cross-exe-wrapper(1), straight out of the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew. it's short, it's sweet, and it's lowkey doing something iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

<gnu-triplet>-cross-exe-wrapper — run an executable using CPU emulation if needed 💅

like, the actual command name has your GNU triplet baked into the front of it, so it shows up as <gnu-triplet>-cross-exe-wrapper. yes, the angle brackets are part of the notation, no, you don't literally type < and >. iykyk 😌

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

<gnu-triplet>-cross-exe-wrapper <executable> [options]

that's the whole vibe. one executable, then whatever options you wanna yeet at it. periodt. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so bestie, here's the tea. <gnu-triplet>-cross-exe-wrapper is a little wrapper you can use to wrap a program that was compiled for the architecture designated by its prefix in GNU triplet form. that's the whole job. that's the assignment. and she ate. 🔥

now here's the cute part: if the CPU actually happens to be able to run the program directly, it just... runs it. no emulation, no drama, no extra steps. slay. 💅 but if the execution environment needs it, the personality(2) of the execution environment gets adjusted. only if necessary tho — she's not out here changing things for fun. 🌈

and listen, there's one rule you cannot fumble:

  • the first argument must be a full path to the target executable. full path. not a relative vibe, not a "oh it's probably in my PATH somewhere". the full path. ⭐
  • all further arguments are forwarded to the target executable. every single one. they just get passed straight through, no filter, no commentary. 👑
no cap, that first-argument thing is the whole ballgame. get it wrong and she's not gonna guess for you. 🙈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those if you wanna know more about the emulation side of things or about the personality situation. the lore is there, bestie, go get it. 🧚

and that's the page!! it's giving short-king manpage energy and honestly? obsessed. this gem is perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-12-06, and it lives under the cross-exe-wrapper(1) name. mwah, bye bestie 💖✨🎀

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