* what's the difference between a.out and ELF format @ 2003-12-24 3:17 lcp 2003-12-24 13:41 ` John T. Williams 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: lcp @ 2003-12-24 3:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-config Could anybody here tell me about the difference between a.out and ELF core format? Thanks in advance. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: what's the difference between a.out and ELF format 2003-12-24 3:17 what's the difference between a.out and ELF format lcp @ 2003-12-24 13:41 ` John T. Williams 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: John T. Williams @ 2003-12-24 13:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: lcp; +Cc: linux-config If you are asking about the vague explanation, then a.out is an older format for storing executable binary information, and elf is the newer better, in that is supports oop more and run time linking and all sorts of nifty things, way of doing it. If you want more information then that I suggest you read the white-sheets for both a.out and for elf, which give full details. a.out white-sheet http://nscp.upenn.edu/aix4.3html/files/aixfiles/XCOFF.htm elf white-sheet http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~haungs/paper/node11.html On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 22:17, lcp wrote: > Could anybody here tell me about the difference between a.out and ELF > core format? > Thanks in advance. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-config" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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