This is a comparison of binary executablefile formats which, once loaded by a suitable executable loader, can be directly executed by the CPU rather than become interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of meta data. Among those formats listed, the ones in most common use are PE (on Microsoft Windows), ELF (on Linux and most other versions of Unix), Mach-O (on macOS and iOS) and MZ (on DOS).
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A MAC file contains a macro, which may be created by various programs, such as UltraEdit, Minitab, and Cabrilog Cabri Geometry II.It contains a list of commands in plain text that are used to perform functions in the respective application. MAC files can be opened by the programs that created them. Jun 28, 2016 Linux and Mac OS do not use file extensions to denote whether a file is executable. This is done through permissions. If the execute attribute is set and the file is run as an executable it will run no matter what the extension is. If the file doe. Jul 24, 2017 To create a shell script that will execute in Terminal when you open it, name it with the “command” extension, e.g., file.command. By default, these are sent to Terminal, which will execute the file as a shell script. You will also need to ensure the file is executable, e.g.: chmod +x file.command Without this, Terminal will refuse to. Quick List on Executable File Extensions – Updated The Preparedness Podcast Posted on June 23, 2013 by Rob Hanus June 29, 2013 An executable file is a computer that has the ability to run a set of commands on your computer. Jun 12, 2018 The osx file extension is associated with Apple Mac PowerPC computers. The.osx file contains program header and it is saved in the PowerPC Executable Format (PEF). The files can be opened in older Mac OS versions for Apple Mac PowerPC computers or in Mac OS X with Rosetta.
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I have seen that every executable file in Windows has an extension of .exe. But Mac OS X doesn't have the same.
Windows executes .exe files. Then what kind of files does Mac OS X execute?
What is the difference between both operating system's execution of applications?
Even I found that windows setups has the same extension .exe but on a Mac setups have extension of .dmg
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Would you please share your knowledge with me about .dmg & executables on Macs vs. Windows?
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Extensions don't actually change what type of file something is, although they often do hint to the system what do do with a particular item.
DMGs are not executables, they are disc images. They are files that act as discs, which often contain the executables and other files for applications. When you double-click on one, the system mounts it and you then have access to the files inside.
Both Windows and OS X execute binary executable files, although they are in different formats. The big difference in what a user sees if using the GUI is that on Windows, you usually see the .exe executable file, which resides in a folder that contains other files and information that the program uses. On OS X, all those other files, along with the primary executable, are contained in a 'bundle' (really a folder) with the extension .app. Double clicking on a .app bundle will execute the internal executable and load your application.
Outside of the GUI, in the actual file structure, Mac and Windows systems are really quite similar; these differences are mostly a question of how the system presents things to the user for manipulation in the GUI.
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You will also be able to execute any file that has it's permissions set to executable, given that it actually contains a valid program of course.
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.dmg files are the disk image files normally used to install Mac apps. Once installed, Mac apps usually have the extension of .app , but that extension is normally hidden from the user. Mac apps are packages which appear to the user as a single file. This makes it very convenient to move apps to a new folder or a new computer.
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every executable file in Windows has extension of .exe
This is not correct. In DOS there was 2 executable file extensions:
*.COM and *.EXE . Windows inherited those so it also supports *.com and *.exe. Note that *.exe is just the 'container' that contains various executable formats
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If you run a command without an extension Windows will append the extensions in the
%pathext% environment variable and search until it find the first file with that name. The default value of the variable is like this
As you can see there are other executable file types that Windows will run (without an extension), but most of them are scripts and not binary executables.
Nevertheless Windows doesn't actually uses the file extension to determine the file format. Any files beginning with
MZ (which is the signature for the MZ format) will be treated as an executable file.
Windows 10 also has the ability to run Linux ELF binaries with the introduction of windows-subsystem-for-linux
Setup files in Windows are also often provided in *.msi files which a format read by Windows Installer, although strictly speaking it's not a executable file
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