Date: 28 Dec 2001 21:16:06 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: S Roberts <sroberts84@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What exactly does the "ELF" tag mean? Message-ID: <1009592167.30665.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <F1297KEZmWBqzRzTqVw0000861d@hotmail.com> References: <F1297KEZmWBqzRzTqVw0000861d@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 20:18, S Roberts wrote: > Hello, > Simple question, I'm sure. > > What exactly is this "ELF" tag I keep coming across when reviewing software > (eg: MySQL 3.23.47 FreeBSD 4.4 ELF (Intel))designed to run on FreeBSD? ELF is the application binary format used by FreeBSD >= 3.0 (as well as other OSes). ELF stands for Executable and Linking Format. The previous binary type was a.out. Windows, I believe, uses COFF. Joe > > Be patient with me, okay? Thanks > > Regards, > > S Roberts > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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