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MZ exe, what do you mean?
by sqeaky 2y ago
MZ exe, what do you mean?
- account42 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable MZ is the magic number at the start of the file. Although gp probably meant a PE executable [0] which (typically) start with a stub MZ executable telling DOS users to run it under Windows. Because of this they still have a MZ magic number. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable
- sqeaky 2y agoOK, thanks I thought I screwed up. I have recently been working on a command line tool and the windows version is called mz.exe. On Linux it is just 'mz', just a coincidence. I was concerned this name collision might cause problems, but that is fine.