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Subject: RE: executable = exe + data
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 19:29:33 +0100
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Sam S wrote:
>> * Brian Dessent <blip> [2005-12-31 15:46:50 -0800]:
>> 
>> Sam Steingold wrote:
>> 
>>> Is it possible?
>>> 
>>> simply put, it it possible to write something like this:
>>> 
>>> int main () {
>>>   size_t my_length;
>>>   <some magic>
>>>   printf("exe size=%lld\n",my_length);
>>>   return 0;
>>> }
>> 
>> All the methods mentioned so far are essentially hacks working
>> against the linker, doing stuff behind its back.  Why not go with
>> the flow? Put your data in its own section, and write a linker
>> script to handle that section in the desired way.  You can access
>> the address by referencing the linker script variables in your
>> source code.  See section 3 of the ld manual, particularly 3.5.3. 
>> This should work on any platform that uses ld.
> 
> the problems with this is that the "data" that is being appended is
> not known at link time and appending it may not require C tools
> (ld/gcc &c). 

Then your options seems to have shrunk to a "launcher" that basicly does

  system("lisp.exe -M lispinit.mem")

Can you elaborate on _why_ the "single executable" is so important?

Having a monolithic application exe is hardly doable in most cases, AFAICS.
Unless you defer from using ANY external resources.

/H
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