Re: appending data to an executable binary

jimbo@radiks.net
14 Apr 2000 23:44:38 -0400

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From: jimbo@radiks.net
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Apr 2000 23:44:38 -0400
Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
References: 00-04-082
Keywords: code, linker

    jwolken@hevanet.com wrote:
> Is it possible in general to append data to the end of an existing
> executable binary or will doing that corrupt the binary?


Under 32-bit Windows, you can safely append to the end of an EXE (
assuming that the EXE in question doesn't already have appended data
... some p-code compilers append p-code to the end of a generalized
run-time interpreter EXE ...)


Self-extracting-archive utilities have used this technique for years.


Jim Lawless
jimbo@radiks.net
http://www.radiks.net/jimbo


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