Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!dataio!fnx!nazgul!bright
From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: what is the format of a .exe file?
Message-ID: <123@nazgul.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 23:34:39 GMT
References: <1990Oct18.184341.25578@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Reply-To: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Organization: Zortech, Seattle
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In article <1990Oct18.184341.25578@nntp-server.caltech.edu> gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes:
<i want to know the format of a .exe file.  i want to write a program
<that can run a .exe file that is in character array.


The format is described in the MS-DOS Tech Ref manual. It might also be in
the MS-DOS Encyclopedia.

Coming with the sources to the Zortech C libraries is an example of a loader
for exe files. It might also be in the MSC library source (in the module
that loads overlays).