Chapter 9. ELF: Executable and Linking Format
Introduction
The ELF file format is the default format for shared libraries and executables on today’s Linux systems. ELF stands for Executable and Linking Format and is the most common file format for object files, executables, and shared libraries on Linux as well as some other popular operating systems. A good understanding of ELF will improve your overall knowledge of how the operating system works, which in turn will help you diagnose problems faster.
A good knowledge of ELF will also directly improve your diagnostic skills given that many in-depth problems require a reasonable knowledge of ELF. For example, in some cases, a program may have more than one global symbol (for example, a variable) ...
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