placing data into a section

[Bahadir Balban]

Hi,

When I am linking an elf executable, I would like to place some bulk
data (e.g. a zip file or some other binary file) into a section in the
final executable. How can I achieve this with ld commands and the
linker script?

It will be something like:

SECTIONS {
    /* Other sections ... */

.data :
    {
    /* Some other data go here ... */

    bulk_data_start = .;
    *(.bulk_data)
    bulk_data_end = .;
    }
}

But how can I put a file into a .bulk_data section like that?

Thanks,
Bahadir