Executable and Linkable Format

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File Format
Name Executable and Linkable Format
Ontology
Extension(s) (none), .elf, .o, .ko, .so, .mod
PRONOM fmt/688, fmt/689, fmt/690, fmt/691
Kaitai Struct Spec elf.ksy

Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) is a file format used for executables, shared (dynamically linked) libraries, object code and core dumps.

The Wikipedia article has a long list of links to various specifications.

Contents

Format info

Software

Sample files

.so or shared object

See Search results for extension "so", that also belongs to the executable family, and is also ELF format - Discmaster.textfiles.com for a huge list of sample files.

.ko or kernel object

See Search results for extension "ko", that also belongs to the executable family, and is also ELF format - Discmaster.textfiles.com for a huge list of sample files.

Links

References

  1. Post #8 by kpa of "Type *.o files. How does one edit?" - FreeBSD forums
  2. elfdump - SourceForge project page
  3. Synopsis - man pages section 1: User Commands - Oracle Docs
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