BEAM

File Format
Name	BEAM
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Executables BEAM
Extension(s)	.beam

BEAM format is an executable format associated with the BEAM virtual machine, which is designed for programs written in Erlang. BEAM stands for Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine.

Identification

BEAM (R5 and later) is based on a variant of IFF. Files begin with 'F' 'O' 'R' '1' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'B' 'E' 'A' 'M'.

There is also an older format, which begins with 0x7f 'B' 'E' 'A' 'M' '!'.

Links

• File format for Beam R5 and later
• BEAM File Format
• beam_lib: Interface To the BEAM File Format