From: mcastle AT cs DOT umr DOT edu
Subject: Re: Packing go32 into an .exe
To: kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Christoph Kukulies)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 8:27:33 CST
Cc: keane AT earthsun DOT umd DOT edu, thor AT arrakis DOT denver DOT co DOT us,
        djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> >aout2exe prog
> 
> is equivalent to 
> copy /b stub.exe+prog prog.exe
> 
> which still requires a go32.exe to be in the path
> 
> while
> 
> copy /b go32.exe+prog prog.exe 
> 
> binds go32.exe itself to the executable.
> 
> The latter method requires royalties to be paid when you sell the
> .exe to someone else.
> 
> The former method (using stub.exe) relieves you from that duty.
> 
> --Chris
> 
> 

Actually, aout2exe is _nearly_ the same as copy /b.....

aout2exe blocks the a.out file to a 512 byte boundary which increases paging
performance.

So using aout2exe not only relieves you of royalty payments, it provides a
faster executable!  neat trick, that :->

mrc