Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ain From: ain@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Patrick White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Structure of executables Message-ID: <455@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 17 Aug 88 22:42:07 GMT References: <213@snll-arpagw.UUCP> Reply-To: ain@mace.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Patrick White) Organization: PUCC Land, USA Lines: 15 In article <213@snll-arpagw.UUCP> paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes: >Can anybody tell me what the structure of an Amiga executable file is? >I'm talking about a file that has already been linked. Information on >where such intelligible documentation is located will also be >appreciated. I have already looked it up in the AmigaDos Manual, but >I find the description there unintelligible. I just went through this one recently myself.. the info is in the AmigaDOS technical reference manual. It's a bit hard to follow until you get a small executable, dump it in hex, and follow through with the manual -- then it all becomes clear and is really pretty neat. BTW, Manx does not use the *object* module format that is explained in the manual.. don't know about Lattice. Pat White (ain@s.cc.purdue.edu)