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From: jkh@morse.ilo.dec.com (Jordan Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: PDP-11 Executable?
Date: 07 Mar 1994 17:04:54 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Galway Ireland
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In-reply-to: ap713@yfn.ysu.edu's message of 6 Mar 1994 23:11:03 GMT

In article <2ldnu7$8v1@news.ysu.edu> ap713@yfn.ysu.edu (Christopher L. Mikkelson) writes:
   Just out of curiosity, is there any reason that a .o file (Under FreeBSD)
   looks like a PDP-11 Executable to 'file'?

Looks like you need to install the new magic file..

					Jordan