Hi there everybody..
I have a object(a.out) file which is running on a Linux..
I need to decompile this objectfile to c source code.Can anybody tell
me where to
get a good c decompiler or how to go about this.
Thanking you all in advance
Chellappa

chellappa wrote:
> 
> Hi there everybody..
> I have a object(a.out) file which is running on a Linux..
> I need to decompile this objectfile to c source code.Can anybody tell
> me where to
> get a good c decompiler or how to go about this.
> Thanking you all in advance
> Chellappa

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is it in elf format??? if it is in aout format then you can have
convert back to
..c file but it is difficult.
first you have to reverse engineer it to .asm or .s then u can use
asm2c to get your work done. but the end result is not exactly the same
as original.

ashok.s.das@gmail.com wrote:
> is it in elf format??? if it is in aout format then you can have
> convert back to
> .c file but it is difficult.
> first you have to reverse engineer it to .asm or .s then u can use
> asm2c to get your work done. but the end result is not exactly the same
> as original.

cow -> hamburger                easy
hamburger -> functional_cow     a little harder;)

Russell Shaw wrote:
> 
> ashok.s.das@gmail.com wrote:
> > is it in elf format??? if it is in aout format then you can have
> > convert back to
> > .c file but it is difficult.
> > first you have to reverse engineer it to .asm or .s then u can use
> > asm2c to get your work done. but the end result is not exactly the same
> > as original.
> 
> cow -> hamburger                easy
> hamburger -> functional_cow     a little harder;)

You might be able to get it back into the shape of a cow relatively
easily.  However, it may or may not look anything like the original
cow(s).

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Yes harder, but for educational purposes it is ok. but there is no
guarantee the code will be compiled and give actual result.

Das wrote:
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> Yes harder, but for educational purposes it is ok. but there is
> no guarantee the code will be compiled and give actual result.

Is this supposed to have some meaning?  Include suitable context. 
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