From:	afn06760 AT afn DOT org
Subject:	Little surprises inside of compiled files
11 Apr 1998 19:38:43 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<199804112125.VAA38826.cygnus.gnu-win32@out5.ibm.net>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

I have a MINGW32 compiled verison of the Midnight Commander file browser,
and just accidentally was using it to view the contents of cygwin-compiled
files in my /usr/local/bin directory, and I have found pieces of source
code embedded in the middle of executables:

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File: grotty.exe        Col 0             75776 bytes                       61%
..°.@.D¦@....................._º@.+¼@.........s...+¼@.........t...+¼@.........u..
..-¼@.........v...+¼@.........Y...¦¼@.........y...+¼@.........z...+¼@.........Z..
..................«@..«@.....º«@..«@.ú«@.....¦«@.¦«@._¼@.....+«@.-«@....._«@..«@
..ú«@.¦«@._¼@.±«@......»@..»@......»@..»@.....#»@..»@..»@..»@.....>»@..»@.;»@..»@
.........._ AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT _@.......@.....+_@.......@.......@......¦@.......@.......@....
..-6@.....+6 AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT h DOT  AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT __@.....ñ_ AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT p.@......¦@.....+_ AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT D¦@.....¦_@....
..t¦@.....__@.....ñ¦@.....__@.....+¦@......_ AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT P.@......¦@......_ AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT 4¦@....
..0_@.....+.@.....d¦@.....D_@......¦@.....X_@.....-¦@.....xE AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT -g@....._¦@....
..l4 AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT _6@.....ñ.@.....ñ.@.....+6 AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT -6@.....+6@.....ñ.@......¦@.....l_@....
...@.....<¦@.......@.....-g AT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT  DOT h¦@.....+.@.
     ret = slrn_set_integer_variable (what, ivalue);
   else ret = -1;

   if (ret != 0) exit_unknown_object ();
   return 0;
}

/*}}}*/


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