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Re: Difference between ELF & Binary
On 07/12/06, Ajay Jain <ajain@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
I have a few questions:
1. What are the differences between ELF & Binary file formats? [I know
some, but I want to know all.]
2. Why do we need a loader for ELF and not for Binary.. ?
What do you mean by "Binary" in this question? Most binary files
*are* ELF files :
$ file /bin/ls
/bin/ls: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
$ file /lib/libc-2.3.6.so
/lib/libc-2.3.6.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version
1 (SYSV), not stripped
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