Where can I get a good a.out documentation?

[Coywolf Qi Hunt]

Eric Christopher wrote:

> 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.

linux still support a.out.

> 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.

I thought a.out is much simpler, so it would be easy to study.
Unfortunately, a.out isn't well documented.

	Coywolf

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