> * René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-30 01:16:52 -0600]: > > Sam Steingold wrote: > >> the only idea I have had so far is this: >> >> char string[]="this is a buffer into which I will be writing my stuff"; >> size_t my_length = atol(string); >> >> and then have a post-processor edit lisp.exe and replace the contents of >> string with the actual lisp.exe file length (I need the long initial >> junk there so that the post-processor will be able to find where it is to >> write the length). > > The steps would be something like: > > 1. Compile program, say "gcc -mwindows h.c -o h"; > > 2. Record file size; > > 3. Concatenate program and data, say "cat h.exe h.data > longh.exe"; > > 4. Run through post-processor (with longh.exe and size as parameter).
so, the only reasonable way is to search the executable for the magic line... I hoped that there is some other way to find out where the variable is stored in the executable file. Thanks! -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k http://www.honestreporting.com http://www.camera.org http://www.iris.org.il http://www.memri.org/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Despite the raising cost of living, it remains quite popular. -- 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/
