On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:20:10 +0200 (CEST), wrote: >ELFIO 1.0.2-1 is now available on Cygwin mirrors.
ELFIO - ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) reader and producer implemented as a C++ library. ELFIO is a C++ library for reading and generating files in the ELF binary format. This library is unique and not based on any other product. It is also platform independent. The library uses standard ANSI C++ constructions and runs on a wide variety of architectures. While the library's implementation does make your work easier: a basic knowledge of the ELF binary format is required. Information about ELF is included in the TIS (Tool Interface Standards) documentation you received with the library's source code. The executable and linking format (ELF) was originally developed by Unix System Laboratories and is rapidly becoming the standard in file formats[8]. The ELF standard is growing in popularity because it has greater power and flexibility than the a.out and COFF binary formats[3]. ELF now appears as the default binary format on operating systems such as Linux, Solaris 2.x, and SVR4. Some of the capabilities of ELF are dynamic linking, dynamic loading, imposing runtime control on a program, and an improved method for creating shared libraries[3]. The ELF representation of control data in an object file is platform independent, an additional improvement over previous binary formats. The ELF representation permits object files to be identified, parsed, and interpreted similarly, making the ELF object files compatible across multiple platforms and architectures of different size. The three main types of ELF files are executable, relocatable, and shared object files. These file types hold the code, data, and information about the program that the operating system and/or link editor need to perform the appropriate actions on these files. The three types of files are summarized as follows: An executable file supplies information necessary for the operating system to create a process image suitable for executing the code and accessing the data contained within the file. A relocatable file describes how it should be linked with other object files to create an executable file or shared library. A shared object file contains information needed in both static and dynamic linking > -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
