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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This man page is derived from documentation contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" Donn Seeley at UUNET Technologies, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)a.out.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | 1.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This man page is derived from documentation contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" Donn Seeley at UUNET Technologies, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)a.out.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 |
| 36.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/a.out.5 50476 1999-08-28 00:22:10Z peter $ | 36.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/a.out.5 56201 2000-01-17 20:22:37Z asmodai $ |
| 37.\" 38.Dd June 5, 1993 39.Dt A.OUT 5 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm a.out 43.Nd format of executable binary files 44.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 385 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 430.Sh SEE ALSO 431.Xr as 1 , 432.Xr gdb 1 , 433.Xr ld 1 , 434.Xr brk 2 , 435.Xr execve 2 , 436.Xr nlist 3 , 437.Xr core 5 , | 37.\" 38.Dd June 5, 1993 39.Dt A.OUT 5 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm a.out 43.Nd format of executable binary files 44.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 385 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 430.Sh SEE ALSO 431.Xr as 1 , 432.Xr gdb 1 , 433.Xr ld 1 , 434.Xr brk 2 , 435.Xr execve 2 , 436.Xr nlist 3 , 437.Xr core 5 , |
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| 438.Xr link 5 , 439.Xr stab 5 440.Sh HISTORY 441The 442.Pa a.out.h 443include file appeared in 444.At v7 . 445.Sh BUGS --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 452Even with a machine identifier, 453the byte order of the 454.Fa exec 455header is machine-dependent. 456.Pp 457Nobody seems to agree on what 458.Em bss 459stands for. | 439.Xr link 5 , 440.Xr stab 5 441.Sh HISTORY 442The 443.Pa a.out.h 444include file appeared in 445.At v7 . 446.Sh BUGS --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 453Even with a machine identifier, 454the byte order of the 455.Fa exec 456header is machine-dependent. 457.Pp 458Nobody seems to agree on what 459.Em bss 460stands for. |
| 460.Pp 461New binary file formats may be supported in the future, 462and they probably will not be compatible at any level 463with this ancient format. | |