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From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT connect DOT to>
Subject: Re: Different executables of the same source
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:31:34 +0200
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"Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer AT krafteurope DOT com> wrote in message
> news:8D861ADC5B8FD211B4100008C71EA7DA04F7140D AT kjsdemucshrexc1 DOT eu DOT pm DOT com...
>"Alex Vinokur" wrote:
>[...]
>>$ gcc foo.c -o x1.exe
>>
>>$ gcc foo.c -o x2.exe
>>
>>$ cmp x1.exe x2.exe
>>x1.exe x2.exe differ: char 137, line 2
>>
>>Why are x1.exe and x2.exe different?

>Because the PE header has a field that contains
>the creation time.
[snip]

What does 'the PE header' mean?

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