On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 05:35:04PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:25:20 -0400, Lowell Gilbert > <freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > Why is it incorrect? "LZ" as the first two bytes in a file is (unless > > my memory is badly mistaken) exactly what the old command.com looked for > > as the flag of an executable. > > If I ask *my* memory, it tells me that what you mean is "MZ". As > far as I remember, those are the initials of a programmer involved > with the creation of the DOS binary executable format. :-)
"MZ" is indeed what an MS-DOS style .EXE file should start with. For an MS-DOS .COM file there is no header or other metadata in the file so there is no good way of distinguishing it from any other binary file. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
