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To: Allen Hyer <allenh@wtrt.net>
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Subject: Re: static vs. dynamically linked binaries 
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Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 21:29:35 -0500
From: Dan Cross <tenser@spitfire.ecsel.psu.edu>
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> Is there any way to figure out if a binary was linked statically or
> dynamically?  I have some binaries around that I don't have the sources
> installed for.  Can I tell with just the binary, or do I need to go back to
> the sources?  

I think that file(1) will do the trick.

: big-o; file /bin/sh
/bin/sh: BSD/i386 compact demand paged executable
: big-o; file /usr/bin/cc
/usr/bin/cc: BSD/i386 compact demand paged dynamically linked executable
: big-o; 

	- Dan C.