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From: rosen@mtgzz.UUCP (t.rosenfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: reducing size of exe files
Message-ID: <2723@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 11:46:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtgzz.2723
Posted: Fri Jun  5 11:46:52 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jun-87 00:39:56 EDT
References: <4044@amd.UUCP> <3320018@hpsrlc.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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 In article <3320018@hpsrlc.HP.COM>, darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes:
 > In comp.sys.ibm.pc, rosen@mtgzz.UUCP (t.rosenfeld) writes:
 > >
 > > In article <4044@amd.UUCP>, markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky) writes:
 > > 
 > >Microsoft has a program EXEPACK that comes with their compiler that uses
 > >some scheme to pack any .exe file. This works on files >64K also.
 >                      ^^^
 >                      Microsoft claims that EXEPACK will work ONLY with code 
 > generated by their compilers; they do not claim that it will work with
 > anything else.
 > 
It's my understanding that the .EXE format is a standard one that LINK
produces. I have tried EXEPACK on several programs not created by me
with no problem. If someone has actually had trouble using EXEPACK on
other programs I'd be interested to hear about it.
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