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Subject: Re: Conversion of a.out
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message news:<2qj56eF10kn8aU2 AT uni-berlin DOT de>...
> Vyom <vyom2k4 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > Can I convert the a.out files that I have created on Linux to .exe
> > using the DJGPP package?
> 
> Yes.  STUBIFY, also known as "COFF2EXE" does that.  Whether the
> resulting .exe has any chance of working will depend on how exactly
> created it on Linux.  Mind you that a generic Linux executable has
> quite certainly a *zero* chance of working as a DJGPP program.
> 
> A well-done Linux-to-DJGPP cross compilation toolchain should, at
> least in principle, be able to create .exe files directly, using the
> same method as native DJGPP (i.e.: the effect of stubify.exe is built
> into the linker).

I tried
     > stubify a.out
I got the message
     Warning: input file is not COFF or stubbed COFF