Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
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74 lines
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This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally
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unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format.
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The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and
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educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file
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format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the
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most part, these programs have limited real-world utility. (Although I
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myself have found some of these programs quite useful while writing
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the others.)
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Each program is independent. There is no shared code between them, and
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in fact they all take slightly different approaches to handling ELF
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files.
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The table of contents:
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sstrip/
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sstrip is a small utility that removes everything from an ELF file
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that is not part of the file's memory image.
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rebind/
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rebind is another small utility that alters the binding of selected
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exported symbols in an ELF object file.
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elfls/
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elfls is a utility that displays an ELF file's program and/or
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section header tables, which serve as a kind of global roadmap to
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the file's contents.
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elftoc/
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elftoc takes an ELF file and generates C code that defines a
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structure with the same memory image, using the structures and
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preprocessor symbols defined in <linux/elf.h>.
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ebfc/
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ebfc is a compiler for a tiny programming language. The compiler can
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generate ELF executables, object files, and shared libraries.
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tiny/
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This directory contains a collection of very small ELF executables.
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See the README in each directory for more details.
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The ELF standard is necessary reading if you wish to fully understand
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how all of the programs work. You can download a copy as a Postscript
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document from ftp://tsx.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ELF.doc.tar.gz.
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Alternately, you can obtain a flat-text transcription of this document
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from http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/ELF.txt.
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These programs are Copyright (C) 1999-2001 by Brian Raiter.
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These programs are all free software; you can redistribute and/or
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modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be
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interesting, but without any warranty; without even the implied
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warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program, in the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
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Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
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Bug reports and general feedback should be directed to the author at
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breadbox@muppetlabs.com.
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Share and enjoy.
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Brian Raiter
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breadbox@muppetlabs.com
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