Kbase 17811: Oracle: ELF vs COFF
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/05/1998 |
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Oracle: ELF vs COFF
Common Object File Format (COFF) is a standard for object
files and executables in pre-System V, Release 4 (SVR4)
based systems.
Executable and Linking Format (ELF) is a standard for
executables and object files which replaces the COFF standard
with the introduction of System V Release 4 (SVR4).
Progress DataServer supports ORACLE libraries in ELF format.
The only exception to this rule is the Sequent platform.
For the Sequent there are two distinct versions of ORACLE -
one for COFF and one for ELF.
During the installation of ORACLE, environment variables are
checked to determine which format of libraries to load, ELF
or COFF. This is NOT something that can be specified during
installation. It is performed automatically by ORACLE.
To verify the format of your files use the Unix 'file *'
command in $ORACLE_HOME/lib.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 17811