From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: what's the size of the DJGPP stub + .EXE header?
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 15:34:18 -0400
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Jeff Weeks wrote:
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> I need to know the size of the DJGPP stub plus the .EXE header.  In 
> most compilers, to get a flat binary file, you simply strip the first 
> 512 bytes (which would be the .EXE header) from the resultant 
> executable.

AFAIK, it 2048 bytes.

by the way, if all you want is the coff file, you can do

gcc filename.c -o filename.out

and you file get the executable in filename.exe and the coff file in
filename.out. for more on invocation options, see 

info gcc invoking

-- 
   Sinan
 
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