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| appending data to an executable binary jwolken@hevanet.com (2000-04-11) |
| Re: appending data to an executable binary jimbo@radiks.net (2000-04-14) |
| Re: appending data to an executable binary joachim.durchholz@halstenbach.com.or.de (Joachim Durchholz) (2000-04-14) |
| Re: appending data to an executable binary mac@ac.valley.net (2000-04-15) |
| From: | mac@ac.valley.net (M Alex Colvin) |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 15 Apr 2000 10:30:45 -0400 |
| Organization: | Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
| References: | 00-04-082 00-04-103 |
| Keywords: | linker, comment |
> Is it possible in general to append data to the end of an existing
> executable binary or will doing that corrupt the binary?
obviously, not if someone else has also discovered this trick.
--
mac the naïf
[Good point. Some formats, notably ELF, have provision for user-defined
sections so you can embed any old junk you want in the executable itself.
Since this sort of hack is format-specific anyway, I'd suggest doing that
to avoid being bitten by someone else's appended data. -John]
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