Subject: Little surprises inside of compiled files
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11 Apr 1998 19:38:43 -0700
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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@.±«@......»@..»@......»@..»@.....#»@..»@..»@..»@.....>»@..»@.;»@..»@
.........._@......_@.......@.....+_@.......@.......@......¦@.......@.......@....
..-6@.....+6@.....h.@.....__@.....ñ_@.....p.@......¦@.....+_@.....D¦@.....¦_@....
..t¦@.....__@.....ñ¦@.....__@.....+¦@......_@.....P.@......¦@......_@.....4¦@....
..0_@.....+.@.....d¦@.....D_@......¦@.....X_@.....-¦@.....xE@.....-g@....._¦@....
..l4@....._6@.....ñ.@.....ñ.@.....+6@.....-6@.....+6@.....ñ.@......¦@.....l_@....
...@.....<¦@.......@.....-g@.....h¦@.....+.@.
     ret = slrn_set_integer_variable (what, ivalue);
   else ret = -1;

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

/*}}}*/

/*}}}*/

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