[aclug-L] Re: binary type

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, phrostie wrote:

> is there a way to tell what binary type elf/a.out a program is using.
> i just downloaded an older program.  it installed (script) with out errors,
> but crashes when i try to run it
> 
> /usr/bin/siscadp: /usr/siscadp/exe/siscadp: cannot/usr/bin/siscadp:
> /usr/siscadp/exe/siscadp: cannot execute binary file

Is it a shell script?
Is it executable by you?

Re: a.out support, /lib/modules/[[version_here]]/fs/binfmt_* shows
what's compiled as a module; to see if it's compiled in, try running
an a.out format executable, or grep BINFMT_AOUT /usr/src/linux/.config

-jeff
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