分类： LINUX
2011-09-25 10:55:29
Executable and Linkable Format
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In , the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly called Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard for executables, , , and . First published in the specification,[1] and later in the ,[2] it was quickly accepted among different vendors of systems. In 1999 it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and systems on by the project.
Unlike many proprietary executable file formats, ELF is very flexible and extensible, and it is not bound to any particular processor or . This has allowed it to be adopted by many different on many different platforms.
The ELF file format is also used as a generic object and executable format for binary images used with embedded processors like 's.
An ELF file has two views: The program header shows the segments used at run-time, whereas the section header lists the set of sections of the binary.
参考：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format
