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Re: ELF file format details

pastychomper — Mon May 14, 2012 1:59 pm

Author: pastychomper

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:59 pm

Rhakios wrote:

Crumbs! I know my camera has millions of pixies, but now you're telling me that every file has an elf? What with trolls on forums and daemons on BSD, I'm left wondering what other magical beasties might turn up.

Well I've seen a few zombie processes over the years, not to mention the various wizards I've worked with. I'm even old enough to remember getting excited about the Hobbit, but never actually saw one (I don't remember if they could be connected to a Tolkein Ring network, or not).

Yes, just... yes

bluebomber — Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:41 am

Author: bluebomber

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:41 am

Yes, to both of you. It would be great to see an article (or multiple!) on ELF files, don't you think?

Re: ELF file format details

Rhakios — Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:31 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:31 pm

Crumbs! I know my camera has millions of pixies, but now you're telling me that every file has an elf? What with trolls on forums and daemons on BSD, I'm left wondering what other magical beasties might turn up.

Re: ELF file format details

towy71 — Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:44 am

Author: towy71

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:44 am

Is this the thing you're on about, just the sort of thing made for wikipedia

ELF file format details

bluebomber — Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:01 am

Author: bluebomber

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:01 am

I was considering how nice it would be to have a special expose on the details of the ELF file format. It's vital for everything on a Linux system, because even programs written in interpreted languages (like all the shells) ultimately have to launch an ELF interpreter executable.

I would love a good, thorough technical article on the details of an ELF file, and with a few good references where readers can go and get more details. Maybe even make a series out of it.