From: Robert Hoehne <Robert DOT Hoehne AT Mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Help with COFF & __main
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 11:20:16 +0200
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Matthew Brendan Grantz wrote:
> 
> extract all the functions, and relocate them. All except for one, that
> is: main(). It requires the relocation of a relative symbol called
> __main. This symbol can easily be aquired by including a line in the

The function __main() is in libc.

> 
> extern unsigned __main;

This is probably a bad idea, because __main() has to setup important
things.

> manage to fudge this into functioning. Is it POSSIBLE to execute the
> main() function in a .O file by loading  and relocating it?

Because I do not know exactly what you want to get with
your technique, I cannot help so much. Please decribe a
little bit more, what you want to do. Adn when you speak
abaout a COFF file, is this the output from the linker or
from the assembler?

Robert
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