Re: Executable files in windows and linux???

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:51:38PM +0530, GEJOE DANIEL wrote:
> I know that a system with windows (without strong anti-virus) would be
> easily pulled down by the viruses in the LAN whereas in linux it's not so..
> I heard that in Windows the files are identified by their file extension
> like .exe,.com,etc(and hence the viruses with .exe extensions run easily on
> windows system).. whereas in Linux it is by the file type and hence
> whatever executable file is there  it won't run without the permission of
> the superuser.
> what about the executable files in windows and in linux??
> In windows any file with .exe extension is an executable file..
> but in Linux the extension doesn't matters...then how is the executable file
> known/identified??
> Please explain.....

Err, this is probably not the best list for this question. But basically,
the answer is: any file with the executable permissions bit turned on is an
executable, but how it actually is executed depends on the actual contents
of the file.


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