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@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ For win32/pe programs there's B<--strip-relocs=0>. See notes below.
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=head1 OVERLAY HANDLING OPTIONS
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Info: An "overlay" means auxiliary data atached after the logical end of
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Info: An "overlay" means auxiliary data attached after the logical end of
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an executable, and it often contains application specific data
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(this is a common practice to avoid an extra data file, though
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it would be better to use resource sections).
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First of all, it is recommended to use B<UPX> *instead* of B<strip>. strip has
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the very bad habit of replacing your stub with its own (outdated) version.
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Additionally B<UPX> corrects a bug/feature in strip v2.8.x: it
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will fix the 4 KByte aligment of the stub.
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will fix the 4 KByte alignment of the stub.
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B<UPX> includes the full functionality of stubify. This means it will
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automatically stubify your COFF files. Use the option B<--coff> to
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Introduction
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Linux/386 support in UPX consists of 3 different executable formats,
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one optimized for ELF excutables ("linux/elf386"), one optimized
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one optimized for ELF executables ("linux/elf386"), one optimized
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for shell scripts ("linux/sh386"), and one generic format
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("linux/386").
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speeds of CPU, RAM, swap space, /tmp, and file system storage, then
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invoking and running a compressed executable can be faster than
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directly running the corresponding uncompressed program.
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The operating system might perfrom fewer expensive I/O operations
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The operating system might perform fewer expensive I/O operations
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to invoke the compressed program. Paging to or from swap space
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or /tmp might be faster than paging from the general file system.
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``Medium-sized'' programs which access about 1/3 to 1/2 of their
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stored program bytes can do particulary well with compression.
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stored program bytes can do particularly well with compression.
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Small programs tend not to benefit as much because the absolute
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savings is less. Big programs tend not to benefit proportionally
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because each invocation may use only a small fraction of the program,
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uses only one exec, does not use space in /tmp,
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and does not use /proc.
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Linux/elf386 is automatically selected for Linux ELF exectuables.
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Linux/elf386 is automatically selected for Linux ELF executables.
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Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.
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- UPX creates as default a suitable executable for CD-Mastering
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and console transfer. For a CD-Master main executable you could also try
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the special option "--boot-only" as descriped below.
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the special option "--boot-only" as described below.
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- Normally the packed files use the same memory areas like the uncompressed
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versions, so they will not override other memory areas while unpacking.
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=head2 NOTES FOR WIN32/PE
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The PE support in B<UPX> is quite stable now, but probably there are
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still some incompabilities with some files.
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still some incompatibilities with some files.
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Because of the way B<UPX> (and other packers for this format) works, you
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can see increased memory usage of your compressed files because the whole
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program is loaded into memory at startup.
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If you start several instances of huge compressed programs you're
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wasting memory because the common segements of the program won't
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wasting memory because the common segments of the program won't
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get shared across the instances.
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On the other hand if you're compressing only smaller programs, or
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running only one instance of larger programs, then this penalty is
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