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Re: Where can I get a good a.out documentation?


On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 01:20, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm very new here. Where can I get a good a.out documentation? I mean 
> the a.out format in linux. I guess it's realted to COFF.

Few points:

a) modern linux uses elf. has for years.
b) look for svr4 stuff using google for elf. probably a caldera.com
address iirc.
c) a.out and coff (svr3) are only loosely related.
d) good god. don't use a.out for anything. don't use coff either.

-eric

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Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>


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