Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:00:30 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Appending data to executables?
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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Thomas Demmer wrote:

> Ther are cases when the exe file remains open, and then you might get a
> problem. PMail, for example is such a beast. What I have not yet
> figured out is which programs show this behavior (Well, all TurboPascal
> files with the overlay appended to the exe). And if there is the
> slightest chance of porting the program to UNIX, writing back to the exe file
> is a big No-No.

I know that on Unix this is a bad idea, but Paul was talking about 
Windows and DJGPP.  DJGPP doesn't leave its .exe open, and neither does 
Windows.

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