On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 18:03, Can-Hua Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, I am writing a bash script, and need a way (preferably a > shell command) to check whether a binary file can run on > the platform before hand.
I think you could do this with file or readelf, although I am not sure if this is the best way. file /bin/cp /bin/cp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, stripped readelf -h /bin/cp ELF Header: Magic: 7f 45 4c 46 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class: ELF32 Data: 2's complement, little endian Version: 1 (current) OS/ABI: UNIX - System V ABI Version: 0 Type: EXEC (Executable file) Machine: Intel 80386 Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
