From:	"Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Executables with added data.
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Organization:	The Chaos Zone
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Date:	Sat, 16 May 1998 04:12:58 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Using DJGPP (but not Allegro) is there a simple way to add an arbitrary chunk
of binary data after the DJGPP exe, and have it available for read/write as if
it were a file? Is there some sort of pointer in the exe to the end to allow a
simple seek to the start of the added data (if any) and read/write data there?

I know the obvious way to put stuff there: open the exe for binary output, seek
to the end of file and append. How the devil is this stuff found later though
for reading/modifying? By terminating the addendum with an offset back?
or.....?


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