# ($s0,$s1,$s2,$s3,$s4,$s5,$s6,$s7)=map("\$$_",(16..23));
# ($gp,$sp,$fp,$ra)=map("\$$_",(28..31));
#
-$flavour = shift || "o32"; # supported flavours are o32,n32,64,nubi32,nubi64
+# if $output doesn't have an extension, it's not an output file
+# so use it for $flavour.
+
+# $output is the last argument if it looks like a file (it has an extension)
+# $flavour is the first argument if it doesn't look like a file
+$output = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[$#ARGV] =~ m|\.\w+$| ? pop : undef;
+# supported flavours are o32,n32,64,nubi32,nubi64, default is o32
+$flavour = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[0] !~ m|\.| ? shift : "o32";
if ($flavour =~ /64|n32/i) {
$PTR_LA="dla";
$big_endian=(`echo MIPSEB | $ENV{CC} -E -`=~/MIPSEB/)?0:1 if ($ENV{CC});
-for (@ARGV) { $output=$_ if (/\w[\w\-]*\.\w+$/); }
open STDOUT,">$output";
if (!defined($big_endian)) { $big_endian=(unpack('L',pack('N',1))==1); }