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In article <k1r1ih$2ql$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>On 2012-08-31 18:17:18 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:
>
>Or more specifically...
>
>> ==>          unsigned char ehdr$t_e_ident [16];
>> ==>          __struct  {
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_mag0;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_mag1;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_mag2;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_mag3;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_class;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_data;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_version;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_osabi;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_abiversion;
>> ==>              unsigned char ehdr$b_ei_pad [7];
>> ==>              } ehdr$r_bytes;
>
>There doesn't appear to be a macro.  But there is...

C doesn't have macros! ;)


>> ==>  #define EHDR$K_ELFMAG0 127
>> ==>  #define EHDR$K_ELFMAG1 69
>> ==>  #define EHDR$K_ELFMAG2 76
>> ==>  #define EHDR$K_ELFMAG3 70
>....
>
>Values which lines up nicely with that ... char ELF_magic[16] = 
>"\x7f\x45\x4c\x46\2\1\1\xd\2\0\0\0\0\0\0"; ... stuff.

Yup.   
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