Newer gcc's (by newer I mean in the last few years or so) create ELF rather than a.out, but still name the resulting file a.out for historical reasons. That's an ELF file, regardless of the name. Matt On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 01:35:05PM -0400, Josh 'Gage' wrote:
Pardon Me, this isn't the best place to talk about this, but here goes. I've heard that there are binaries built in 'Elf' format as well as 'A.out'. I know if i compile using gcc 2.97 without and output name i get a file named a.out... whats the pros and cons of these formats? if elf is better, how can I activate that or recompile with it into gcc? _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list gnome org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
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