Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:03:38 +0300 From: "Oleg V. Volkov" <rover@lglobus.ru> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there correct way for program to read from itself? Message-ID: <19991119220338.B68540@fly.lglobus.ru> In-Reply-To: <19991119111026.11577@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> References: <19991118065815.B89755@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118102421.09370@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991118223426.A62913@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118152324.37840@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991118232846.A63288@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118154736.22915@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991119002759.B63288@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118172315.02758@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991119012822.A63914@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991119111026.11577@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 11:10:26AM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Is there correct way for porgram to read from it's own file? > >>>>>>>> I'm not sure I understand. What do you mean by "it's own file"? > >>>>>>>> If you mean the object file, sure. Where's the problem? > >>>>>>> I mean this situation: > >>>>>>> I have some program /usr/local/bin/someprog. Is there a way for it > >>>>>>> to read from itself (from /usr/local/bin/someprog). > >>>>>> Sure, that's what I said. What do you expect to find? > >>>>> Could you give me short example? > >>>> OK, here's copyme.c: > > [skip] > You still haven't answered my question: What are you trying to do, and > why? Did you hear of executable compressor named "UPX"? Recently version was made for Linux, and i wish to help author with enough info to make it work under FreeBSD without recompiling it. Soon, when they release 1.0 with sources this problems will go away by themselves. -- Oleg V. Volkov aka Rover EH: LCM Rover Join Elite Imperial Fleet! http://www.emperorshammer.org E-mail redirector: sr-13@mail.ru (always up) -=/ SR 13 /=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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