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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:58:00 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT connect DOT to>
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Subject: Re: Different executables of the same source
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer at krafteurope dot com> wrote in message
>
Please, no plain text email addresses in replies.  They are food
for spammers.  Thanks.

> >"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.
> >
> What does 'the PE header' mean?
>
The section header defined by Microsoft's "Portable Executable" extension
to the COFF (Common Object File Format) specification.

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