placing data into a section

[vamsi krishna]

Hello

> > 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?

I suggest you need to add this as a SEGMENT not a SECTION, because in
a executable the section header table can be stripped off. You may
need some mechanism to add the bulk file as a PHDR PT_LOAD entry.

Just more curious on how would you refer this in your code?

Thank you,
Vamsi kundeti