From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 30 11:56:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F39C1556C for ; Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:56:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01022; Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:56:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Chris Browning Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aout vs. ELF In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Chris Browning wrote: > I'm just curious. It's not a problem. How about a brief or not-so-brief > breakdown of the difference btw aout & ELF. Please don't be afraid of confusing > me, it only drives my curiosity. Just how is a binary executable structured? > No hurry. Recommending a good book or two is a more than acceptable answer. The System V ABI has the ELF spec in it. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message