On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 8:10 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:02:13 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is mention of an ELF file type. What is that? > > > > executable linux file? > > 1/3rd right Ann > > There are three main types for ELF files. > > -An executable file contains code and data suitable for execution. > It specifies the memory layout of the process. > -A relocatable file contains code and data suitable for linking > with other relocatable and shared object files. > -A shared object file (a.k.a. shared library) contains code and > data suitable for the link editor ld at link time and the dynamic > linker at run time. The dynamic linker may be called ld.so.1, > libc.so.1 or ld-linux.so.1, depending on the implementation. > > > Charles
Thanks, Charles. Another bit learned. Anne
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