what's the difference between a.out and ELF format

what's the difference between a.out and ELF format

[lcp]

Could anybody here tell me about the difference between a.out and ELF
core format?
Thanks in advance.

Re: what's the difference between a.out and ELF format

[John T. Williams]

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.
> 
> 
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