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The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
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Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
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http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html
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http://www.nexus.hu/upx
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http://upx.tsx.org
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PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN
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TO MODIFY THE UPX SOURCE CODE OR USE A MODIFIED UPX VERSION.
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ABSTRACT
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========
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UPX and UCL are copyrighted software distributed under the terms
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of the GNU General Public License (hereinafter the "GPL").
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The stub which is imbedded in each UPX compressed program is part
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of UPX and UCL, and contains code that is under our copyright. The
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terms of the GNU General Public License still apply as compressing
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a program is a special form of linking with our stub.
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As a special exception we grant the free usage of UPX for all
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executables, including commercial programs.
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See below for details and restrictions.
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COPYRIGHT
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=========
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UPX and UCL are copyrighted software. All rights remain with the authors.
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UPX is Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
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UPX is Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Laszlo Molnar
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UCL is Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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==========================
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UPX and the UCL library are free software; you can redistribute them
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and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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UPX and UCL are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; see the file COPYING.
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SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR COMPRESSED EXECUTABLES
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============================================
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The stub which is imbedded in each UPX compressed program is part
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of UPX and UCL, and contains code that is under our copyright. The
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terms of the GNU General Public License still apply as compressing
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a program is a special form of linking with our stub.
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Hereby Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer and Laszlo Molnar grant you special
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permission to freely use and distribute all UPX compressed programs
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(including commercial ones), subject to the following restrictions:
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1. You must compress your program with a completely unmodified UPX
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version; either with our precompiled version, or (at your option)
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with a self compiled version of the unmodified UPX sources as
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distributed by us.
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2. This also implies that the UPX stub must be completely unmodfied, i.e.
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the stub imbedded in your compressed program must be byte-identical
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to the stub that is produced by the official unmodified UPX version.
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3. The decompressor and any other code from the stub must exclusively get
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used by the unmodified UPX stub for decompressing your program at
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program startup. No portion of the stub may get read, copied,
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called or otherwise get used or accessed by your program.
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ANNOTATIONS
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===========
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- You can use a modified UPX version or modified UPX stub only for
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programs that are compatible with the GNU General Public License.
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- We grant you special permission to freely use and distribute all UPX
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compressed programs. But any modification of the UPX stub (such as,
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but not limited to, removing our copyright string or making your
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program non-decompressible) will immediately revoke your right to
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use and distribute a UPX compressed program.
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- UPX is not a software protection tool; by requiring that you use
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the unmodified UPX version for your proprietary programs we
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make sure that any user can decompress your program. This protects
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both you and your users as nobody can hide malicious code -
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any program that cannot be decompressed is highly suspicious
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by definition.
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- You can integrate all or part of UPX and UCL into projects that
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are compatible with the GNU GPL, but obviously you cannot grant
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any special exceptions beyond the GPL for our code in your project.
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- We want to actively support manufacturers of virus scanners and
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similar security software. Please contact us if you would like to
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incorporate parts of UPX or UCL into such a product.
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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer Laszlo Molnar
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markus.oberhumer@jk.uni-linz.ac.at ml1050@cdata.tvnet.hu
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Linz, Austria, 25 Feb 2000
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`88. .8' 888 d8' `888b
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`YbodP' o888o o888o o88888o
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The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
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Copyright (c) 1996-2008 Markus Oberhumer, Laszlo Molnar & John Reiser
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http://upx.sourceforge.net
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WELCOME
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=======
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Welcome to UPX !
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Please don't forget to read the file LICENSE - UPX is distributed
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under the GNU General Public License (GPL) with special exceptions
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allowing the distribution of all compressed executables, including
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commercial programs.
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INTRODUCTION
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============
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UPX is an advanced executable file compressor. UPX will typically
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reduce the file size of programs and DLLs by around 50%-70%, thus
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reducing disk space, network load times, download times and
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other distribution and storage costs.
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Programs and libraries compressed by UPX are completely self-contained
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and run exactly as before, with no runtime or memory penalty for most
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of the supported formats.
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UPX supports a number of different executable formats, including
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE programs and DLLs, DOS programs,
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and Linux executables and kernels.
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UPX is free software distributed under the term of the GNU General
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Public License. Full source code is available.
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UPX may be distributed and used freely, even with commercial applications.
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See the UPX License Agreement for details.
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UPX is rated number one in the well known Archive Comparison Test. Visit
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http://compression.ca/ .
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UPX aims to be Commercial Quality Freeware.
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SHORT DOCUMENTATION
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===================
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'upx program.exe' will compress a program or DLL. For best compression
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results try 'upx --brute program.exe'.
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Please see the file UPX.DOC for the full documentation. The files
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NEWS and BUGS also contain various tidbits of information.
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DISCLAIMER
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==========
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UPX comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the file LICENSE.
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Having said that, we think that UPX is quite stable now. Indeed we
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have compressed lots of files without any problems. Also, the
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current version has undergone several months of beta testing -
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actually it's almost 8 years since our first public beta.
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This is the first production quality release, and we plan that future
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releases will be backward compatible with this version.
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Please report all problems or suggestions to the authors. Thanks.
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THE FUTURE
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==========
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- We'd really love to support handheld systems like the PalmPilot because
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compression makes a lot of sense here. And - because of the atari/tos
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format - we already have a working decompressor in 68000 assembly.
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Unfortunately we know next to nothing about the operating system
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architecture of such handhelds, so we need some information from
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an expert. Please contact us if you think you can help.
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- The Linux approach could probably get ported to a lot of other Unix
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variants, at least for other i386 architectures it shouldn't be too
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much work. If someone sends me a fresh hard disk and an official
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FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris/BeOS... CD I might take a look at it ;-)
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- We will *NOT* add any sort of protection and/or encryption.
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This only gives people a false feeling of security because
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by definition all protectors/compressors can be broken.
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And don't trust any advertisement of authors of other executable
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compressors about this topic - just do a websearch on "unpackers"...
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- Fix all remaining bugs - keep your reports coming ;-)
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- See the file PROJECTS in the source code distribution if you want
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to contribute.
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COPYRIGHT
|
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=========
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Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
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Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Laszlo Molnar
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Copyright (C) 2000-2008 John F. Reiser
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|
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This program may be used freely, and you are welcome to
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redistribute it under certain conditions.
|
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|
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
|
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
|
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UPX License Agreement for more details.
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|
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You should have received a copy of the UPX License Agreement along
|
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with this program; see the file LICENSE. If not, visit the UPX home page.
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Share and enjoy,
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Markus & Laszlo
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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer Laszlo Molnar
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<markus@oberhumer.com> <ml1050@users.sourceforge.net>
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[ The term UPX is a shorthand for the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
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and holds no connection with potential owners of registered trademarks
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or other rights. ]
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[ Feel free to contact us if you have commercial compression requirements
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or interesting job offers. ]
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>upx - compress or expand executable files</title>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<link rev="made" href="mailto:root@localhost" />
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</head>
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<body style="background-color: white">
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<p><a name="__index__"></a></p>
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<!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
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<!--
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#abstract">ABSTRACT</a></li>
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<li><a href="#disclaimer">DISCLAIMER</a></li>
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<li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
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<li><a href="#commands">COMMANDS</a></li>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#compress">Compress</a></li>
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<li><a href="#decompress">Decompress</a></li>
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<li><a href="#test">Test</a></li>
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<li><a href="#list">List</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a href="#options">OPTIONS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#compression_levels___tuning">COMPRESSION LEVELS & TUNING</a></li>
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<li><a href="#overlay_handling_options">OVERLAY HANDLING OPTIONS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_the_supported_executable_formats">NOTES FOR THE SUPPORTED EXECUTABLE FORMATS</a></li>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_atari_tos">NOTES FOR ATARI/TOS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_bvmlinuz_i386">NOTES FOR BVMLINUZ/I386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_dos_com">NOTES FOR DOS/COM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_dos_exe">NOTES FOR DOS/EXE</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_dos_sys">NOTES FOR DOS/SYS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_djgpp2_coff">NOTES FOR DJGPP2/COFF</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_linux__general_">NOTES FOR LINUX [general]</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_linux_elf386">NOTES FOR LINUX/ELF386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_linux_sh386">NOTES FOR LINUX/SH386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_linux_386">NOTES FOR LINUX/386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_ps1_exe">NOTES FOR PS1/EXE</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_rtm32_pe_and_arm_pe">NOTES FOR RTM32/PE and ARM/PE</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_tmt_adam">NOTES FOR TMT/ADAM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_vmlinuz_386">NOTES FOR VMLINUZ/386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_watcom_le">NOTES FOR WATCOM/LE</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes_for_win32_pe">NOTES FOR WIN32/PE</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics">DIAGNOSTICS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#bugs">BUGS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#copyright">COPYRIGHT</a></li>
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</ul>
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-->
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<!-- INDEX END -->
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<p>
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</p>
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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
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<p>upx - compress or expand executable files</p>
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<p>
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</p>
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<hr />
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
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<p><strong>upx</strong> [ <em>command</em> ] [ <em>options</em> ] <em>filename</em>...</p>
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<p>
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</p>
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<hr />
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<h1><a name="abstract">ABSTRACT</a></h1>
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<pre>
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The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
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Copyright (c) 1996-2008 Markus Oberhumer, Laszlo Molnar & John Reiser
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<a href="http://upx.sourceforge.net">http://upx.sourceforge.net</a></pre>
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<p><strong>UPX</strong> is a portable, extendable, high-performance executable packer for
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several different executable formats. It achieves an excellent compression
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ratio and offers <em>*very*</em> fast decompression. Your executables suffer
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no memory overhead or other drawbacks for most of the formats supported,
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because of in-place decompression.</p>
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<p>While you may use <strong>UPX</strong> freely for both non-commercial and commercial
|
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executables (for details see the file LICENSE), we would highly
|
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appreciate if you credit <strong>UPX</strong> and ourselves in the documentation,
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possibly including a reference to the <strong>UPX</strong> home page. Thanks.</p>
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<p>[ Using <strong>UPX</strong> in non-OpenSource applications without proper credits
|
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is considered not politically correct ;-) ]</p>
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<p>
|
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</p>
|
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<hr />
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<h1><a name="disclaimer">DISCLAIMER</a></h1>
|
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<p><strong>UPX</strong> comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the file LICENSE.</p>
|
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<p>This is the first production quality release, and we plan that future 1.xx
|
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releases will be backward compatible with this version.</p>
|
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<p>Please report all problems or suggestions to the authors. Thanks.</p>
|
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<p>
|
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</p>
|
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<hr />
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
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<p><strong>UPX</strong> is a versatile executable packer with the following features:</p>
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<pre>
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- excellent compression ratio: compresses better than zip/gzip,
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use UPX to decrease the size of your distribution !</pre>
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<pre>
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- very fast decompression: about 10 MiB/sec on an ancient Pentium 133,
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about 200 MiB/sec on an Athlon XP 2000+.</pre>
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<pre>
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- no memory overhead for your compressed executables for most of the
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supported formats</pre>
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<pre>
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- safe: you can list, test and unpack your executables
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Also, a checksum of both the compressed and uncompressed file is
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maintained internally.</pre>
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<pre>
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- universal: UPX can pack a number of executable formats:
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* atari/tos
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* bvmlinuz/386 [bootable Linux kernel]
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* djgpp2/coff
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* dos/com
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* dos/exe
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* dos/sys
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* linux/386
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* linux/elf386
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* linux/sh386
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* ps1/exe
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* rtm32/pe
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* tmt/adam
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* vmlinuz/386 [bootable Linux kernel]
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* vmlinux/386
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* watcom/le (supporting DOS4G, PMODE/W, DOS32a and CauseWay)
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* win32/pe (exe and dll)
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* arm/pe (exe and dll)
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* linux/elfamd64
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* linux/elfppc32
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* mach/elfppc32</pre>
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<pre>
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- portable: UPX is written in portable endian-neutral C++</pre>
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<pre>
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- extendable: because of the class layout it's very easy to support
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new executable formats or add new compression algorithms</pre>
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<pre>
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- free: UPX can be distributed and used freely. And from version 0.99
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the full source code of UPX is released under the GNU General Public
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License (GPL) !</pre>
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<p>You probably understand now why we call <strong>UPX</strong> the ``<em>ultimate</em>''
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executable packer.</p>
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<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="commands">COMMANDS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="compress">Compress</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>This is the default operation, eg. <strong>upx yourfile.exe</strong> will compress the file
|
||||
specified on the command line.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="decompress">Decompress</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>All <strong>UPX</strong> supported file formats can be unpacked using the <strong>-d</strong> switch, eg.
|
||||
<strong>upx -d yourfile.exe</strong> will uncompress the file you've just compressed.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="test">Test</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>The <strong>-t</strong> command tests the integrity of the compressed and uncompressed
|
||||
data, eg. <strong>upx -t yourfile.exe</strong> check whether your file can be safely
|
||||
decompressed. Note, that this command doesn't check the whole file, only
|
||||
the part that will be uncompressed during program execution. This means
|
||||
that you should not use this command instead of a virus checker.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="list">List</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>The <strong>-l</strong> command prints out some information about the compressed files
|
||||
specified on the command line as parameters, eg <strong>upx -l yourfile.exe</strong>
|
||||
shows the compressed / uncompressed size and the compression ratio of
|
||||
<em>yourfile.exe</em>.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p><strong>-q</strong>: be quiet, suppress warnings</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>-q -q</strong> (or <strong>-qq</strong>): be very quiet, suppress errors</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>-q -q -q</strong> (or <strong>-qqq</strong>): produce no output at all</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>--help</strong>: prints the help</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>--version</strong>: print the version of <strong>UPX</strong></p>
|
||||
<p><strong>--exact</strong>: when compressing, require to be able to get a byte-identical file
|
||||
after decompression with option <strong>-d</strong>. [NOTE: this is work in progress and is
|
||||
not supported for all formats yet. If you do care, as a workaround you can
|
||||
compress and then decompress your program a first time - any further
|
||||
compress-decompress steps should then yield byte-identical results
|
||||
as compared to the first decompressed version.]</p>
|
||||
<p>[ ...to be written... - type `<strong>upx --help</strong>' for now ]</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="compression_levels___tuning">COMPRESSION LEVELS & TUNING</a></h1>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong> offers ten different compression levels from <strong>-1</strong> to <strong>-9</strong>,
|
||||
and <strong>--best</strong>. The default compression level is <strong>-8</strong> for files
|
||||
smaller than 512 KiB, and <strong>-7</strong> otherwise.</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Compression levels 1, 2 and 3 are pretty fast.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Compression levels 4, 5 and 6 achieve a good time/ratio performance.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Compression levels 7, 8 and 9 favor compression ratio over speed.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Compression level <strong>--best</strong> may take a long time.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>Note that compression level <strong>--best</strong> can be somewhat slow for large
|
||||
files, but you definitely should use it when releasing a final version
|
||||
of your program.</p>
|
||||
<p>Quick info for achieving the best compression ratio:</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Try <strong>upx --brute myfile.exe</strong> or even <strong>upx --ultra-brute myfile.exe</strong>.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>Try if <strong>--overlay=strip</strong> works.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p>For win32/pe programs there's <strong>--strip-relocs=0</strong>. See notes below.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="overlay_handling_options">OVERLAY HANDLING OPTIONS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>Info: An ``overlay'' means auxiliary data attached after the logical end of
|
||||
an executable, and it often contains application specific data
|
||||
(this is a common practice to avoid an extra data file, though
|
||||
it would be better to use resource sections).</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong> handles overlays like many other executable packers do: it simply
|
||||
copies the overlay after the compressed image. This works with some
|
||||
files, but doesn't work with others, depending on how an application
|
||||
actually accesses this overlayed data.</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--overlay=copy Copy any extra data attached to the file. [DEFAULT]</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--overlay=strip Strip any overlay from the program instead of
|
||||
copying it. Be warned, this may make the compressed
|
||||
program crash or otherwise unusable.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--overlay=skip Refuse to compress any program which has an overlay.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>The environment variable <strong>UPX</strong> can hold a set of default
|
||||
options for <strong>UPX</strong>. These options are interpreted first and
|
||||
can be overwritten by explicit command line parameters.
|
||||
For example:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
for DOS/Windows: set UPX=-9 --compress-icons#0
|
||||
for sh/ksh/zsh: UPX="-9 --compress-icons=0"; export UPX
|
||||
for csh/tcsh: setenv UPX "-9 --compress-icons=0"</pre>
|
||||
<p>Under DOS/Windows you must use '#' instead of '=' when setting the
|
||||
environment variable because of a COMMAND.COM limitation.</p>
|
||||
<p>Not all of the options are valid in the environment variable -
|
||||
<strong>UPX</strong> will tell you.</p>
|
||||
<p>You can explicitly use the <strong>--no-env</strong> option to ignore the
|
||||
environment variable.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="notes_for_the_supported_executable_formats">NOTES FOR THE SUPPORTED EXECUTABLE FORMATS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_atari_tos">NOTES FOR ATARI/TOS</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>This is the executable format used by the Atari ST/TT, a Motorola 68000
|
||||
based personal computer which was popular in the late '80s. Support
|
||||
of this format is only because of nostalgic feelings of one of
|
||||
the authors and serves no practical purpose :-).
|
||||
See <a href="http://www.freemint.de">http://www.freemint.de</a> for more info.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.
|
||||
All debug information will be stripped, though.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_bvmlinuz_i386">NOTES FOR BVMLINUZ/I386</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Same as vmlinuz/i386.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_dos_com">NOTES FOR DOS/COM</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Obviously <strong>UPX</strong> won't work with executables that want to read data from
|
||||
themselves (like some commandline utilities that ship with Win95/98/ME).</p>
|
||||
<p>Compressed programs only work on a 286+.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.</p>
|
||||
<p>Maximum uncompressed size: ~65100 bytes.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--8086 Create an executable that works on any 8086 CPU.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_dos_exe">NOTES FOR DOS/EXE</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>dos/exe stands for all ``normal'' 16-bit DOS executables.</p>
|
||||
<p>Obviously <strong>UPX</strong> won't work with executables that want to read data from
|
||||
themselves (like some command line utilities that ship with Win95/98/ME).</p>
|
||||
<p>Compressed programs only work on a 286+.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--8086 Create an executable that works on any 8086 CPU.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--no-reloc Use no relocation records in the exe header.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_dos_sys">NOTES FOR DOS/SYS</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Compressed programs only work on a 286+.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.</p>
|
||||
<p>Maximum uncompressed size: ~65350 bytes.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--8086 Create an executable that works on any 8086 CPU.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_djgpp2_coff">NOTES FOR DJGPP2/COFF</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>First of all, it is recommended to use <strong>UPX</strong> *instead* of <strong>strip</strong>. strip has
|
||||
the very bad habit of replacing your stub with its own (outdated) version.
|
||||
Additionally <strong>UPX</strong> corrects a bug/feature in strip v2.8.x: it
|
||||
will fix the 4 KiB alignment of the stub.</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong> includes the full functionality of stubify. This means it will
|
||||
automatically stubify your COFF files. Use the option <strong>--coff</strong> to
|
||||
disable this functionality (see below).</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong> automatically handles Allegro packfiles.</p>
|
||||
<p>The DLM format (a rather exotic shared library extension) is not supported.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.
|
||||
All debug information and trailing garbage will be stripped, though.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--coff Produce COFF output instead of EXE. By default
|
||||
UPX keeps your current stub.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_linux__general_">NOTES FOR LINUX [general]</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Introduction</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Linux/386 support in UPX consists of 3 different executable formats,
|
||||
one optimized for ELF executables ("linux/elf386"), one optimized
|
||||
for shell scripts ("linux/sh386"), and one generic format
|
||||
("linux/386").</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
We will start with a general discussion first, but please
|
||||
also read the relevant docs for each of the individual formats.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Also, there is special support for bootable kernels - see the
|
||||
description of the vmlinuz/386 format.</pre>
|
||||
<p>General user's overview</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Running a compressed executable program trades less space on a
|
||||
``permanent'' storage medium (such as a hard disk, floppy disk,
|
||||
CD-ROM, flash memory, EPROM, etc.) for more space in one or more
|
||||
``temporary'' storage media (such as RAM, swap space, /tmp, etc.).
|
||||
Running a compressed executable also requires some additional CPU
|
||||
cycles to generate the compressed executable in the first place,
|
||||
and to decompress it at each invocation.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
How much space is traded? It depends on the executable, but many
|
||||
programs save 30% to 50% of permanent disk space. How much CPU
|
||||
overhead is there? Again, it depends on the executable, but
|
||||
decompression speed generally is at least many megabytes per second,
|
||||
and frequently is limited by the speed of the underlying disk
|
||||
or network I/O.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Depending on the statistics of usage and access, and the relative
|
||||
speeds of CPU, RAM, swap space, /tmp, and file system storage, then
|
||||
invoking and running a compressed executable can be faster than
|
||||
directly running the corresponding uncompressed program.
|
||||
The operating system might perform fewer expensive I/O operations
|
||||
to invoke the compressed program. Paging to or from swap space
|
||||
or /tmp might be faster than paging from the general file system.
|
||||
``Medium-sized'' programs which access about 1/3 to 1/2 of their
|
||||
stored program bytes can do particularly well with compression.
|
||||
Small programs tend not to benefit as much because the absolute
|
||||
savings is less. Big programs tend not to benefit proportionally
|
||||
because each invocation may use only a small fraction of the program,
|
||||
yet UPX decompresses the entire program before invoking it.
|
||||
But in environments where disk or flash memory storage is limited,
|
||||
then compression may win anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Currently, executables compressed by UPX do not share RAM at runtime
|
||||
in the way that executables mapped from a file system do. As a
|
||||
result, if the same program is run simultaneously by more than one
|
||||
process, then using the compressed version will require more RAM and/or
|
||||
swap space. So, shell programs (bash, csh, etc.) and ``make''
|
||||
might not be good candidates for compression.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
UPX recognizes three executable formats for Linux: Linux/elf386,
|
||||
Linux/sh386, and Linux/386. Linux/386 is the most generic format;
|
||||
it accommodates any file that can be executed. At runtime, the UPX
|
||||
decompression stub re-creates in /tmp a copy of the original file,
|
||||
and then the copy is (re-)executed with the same arguments.
|
||||
ELF binary executables prefer the Linux/elf386 format by default,
|
||||
because UPX decompresses them directly into RAM, uses only one
|
||||
exec, does not use space in /tmp, and does not use /proc.
|
||||
Shell scripts where the underlying shell accepts a ``-c'' argument
|
||||
can use the Linux/sh386 format. UPX decompresses the shell script
|
||||
into low memory, then maps the shell and passes the entire text of the
|
||||
script as an argument with a leading ``-c''.</pre>
|
||||
<p>General benefits:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- UPX can compress all executables, be it AOUT, ELF, libc4, libc5,
|
||||
libc6, Shell/Perl/Python/... scripts, standalone Java .class
|
||||
binaries, or whatever...
|
||||
All scripts and programs will work just as before.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Compressed programs are completely self-contained. No need for
|
||||
any external program.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- UPX keeps your original program untouched. This means that
|
||||
after decompression you will have a byte-identical version,
|
||||
and you can use UPX as a file compressor just like gzip.
|
||||
[ Note that UPX maintains a checksum of the file internally,
|
||||
so it is indeed a reliable alternative. ]</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- As the stub only uses syscalls and isn't linked against libc it
|
||||
should run under any Linux configuration that can run ELF
|
||||
binaries.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- For the same reason compressed executables should run under
|
||||
FreeBSD and other systems which can run Linux binaries.
|
||||
[ Please send feedback on this topic ]</pre>
|
||||
<p>General drawbacks:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- It is not advisable to compress programs which usually have many
|
||||
instances running (like `sh' or `make') because the common segments of
|
||||
compressed programs won't be shared any longer between different
|
||||
processes.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- `ldd' and `size' won't show anything useful because all they
|
||||
see is the statically linked stub. Since version 0.82 the section
|
||||
headers are stripped from the UPX stub and `size' doesn't even
|
||||
recognize the file format. The file patches/patch-elfcode.h has a
|
||||
patch to fix this bug in `size' and other programs which use GNU BFD.</pre>
|
||||
<p>General notes:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- As UPX leaves your original program untouched it is advantageous
|
||||
to strip it before compression.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- If you compress a script you will lose platform independence -
|
||||
this could be a problem if you are using NFS mounted disks.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Compression of suid, guid and sticky-bit programs is rejected
|
||||
because of possible security implications.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- For the same reason there is no sense in making any compressed
|
||||
program suid.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Obviously UPX won't work with executables that want to read data
|
||||
from themselves. E.g., this might be a problem for Perl scripts
|
||||
which access their __DATA__ lines.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- In case of internal errors the stub will abort with exitcode 127.
|
||||
Typical reasons for this to happen are that the program has somehow
|
||||
been modified after compression.
|
||||
Running `strace -o strace.log compressed_file' will tell you more.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_linux_elf386">NOTES FOR LINUX/ELF386</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Please read the general Linux description first.</p>
|
||||
<p>The linux/elf386 format decompresses directly into RAM,
|
||||
uses only one exec, does not use space in /tmp,
|
||||
and does not use /proc.</p>
|
||||
<p>Linux/elf386 is automatically selected for Linux ELF executables.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.</p>
|
||||
<p>How it works:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
For ELF executables, UPX decompresses directly to memory, simulating
|
||||
the mapping that the operating system kernel uses during exec(),
|
||||
including the PT_INTERP program interpreter (if any).
|
||||
The brk() is set by a special PT_LOAD segment in the compressed
|
||||
executable itself. UPX then wipes the stack clean except for
|
||||
arguments, environment variables, and Elf_auxv entries (this is
|
||||
required by bugs in the startup code of /lib/ld-linux.so as of
|
||||
May 2000), and transfers control to the program interpreter or
|
||||
the e_entry address of the original executable.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
The UPX stub is about 1700 bytes long, partly written in assembler
|
||||
and only uses kernel syscalls. It is not linked against any libc.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Specific drawbacks:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- For linux/elf386 and linux/sh386 formats, you will be relying on
|
||||
RAM and swap space to hold all of the decompressed program during
|
||||
the lifetime of the process. If you already use most of your swap
|
||||
space, then you may run out. A system that is "out of memory"
|
||||
can become fragile. Many programs do not react gracefully when
|
||||
malloc() returns 0. With newer Linux kernels, the kernel
|
||||
may decide to kill some processes to regain memory, and you
|
||||
may not like the kernel's choice of which to kill. Running
|
||||
/usr/bin/top is one way to check on the usage of swap space.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
(none)</pre>
|
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<p>
|
||||
</p>
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<h2><a name="notes_for_linux_sh386">NOTES FOR LINUX/SH386</a></h2>
|
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<p>Please read the general Linux description first.</p>
|
||||
<p>Shell scripts where the underling shell accepts a ``-c'' argument
|
||||
can use the Linux/sh386 format. <strong>UPX</strong> decompresses the shell script
|
||||
into low memory, then maps the shell and passes the entire text of the
|
||||
script as an argument with a leading ``-c''.
|
||||
It does not use space in /tmp, and does not use /proc.</p>
|
||||
<p>Linux/sh386 is automatically selected for shell scripts that
|
||||
use a known shell.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.</p>
|
||||
<p>How it works:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
For shell script executables (files beginning with "#!/" or "#! /")
|
||||
where the shell is known to accept "-c <command>", UPX decompresses
|
||||
the file into low memory, then maps the shell (and its PT_INTERP),
|
||||
and passes control to the shell with the entire decompressed file
|
||||
as the argument after "-c". Known shells are sh, ash, bash, bsh, csh,
|
||||
ksh, tcsh, pdksh. Restriction: UPX cannot use this method
|
||||
for shell scripts which use the one optional string argument after
|
||||
the shell name in the script (example: "#! /bin/sh option3\n".)</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
The UPX stub is about 1700 bytes long, partly written in assembler
|
||||
and only uses kernel syscalls. It is not linked against any libc.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Specific drawbacks:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- For linux/elf386 and linux/sh386 formats, you will be relying on
|
||||
RAM and swap space to hold all of the decompressed program during
|
||||
the lifetime of the process. If you already use most of your swap
|
||||
space, then you may run out. A system that is "out of memory"
|
||||
can become fragile. Many programs do not react gracefully when
|
||||
malloc() returns 0. With newer Linux kernels, the kernel
|
||||
may decide to kill some processes to regain memory, and you
|
||||
may not like the kernel's choice of which to kill. Running
|
||||
/usr/bin/top is one way to check on the usage of swap space.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
(none)</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_linux_386">NOTES FOR LINUX/386</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Please read the general Linux description first.</p>
|
||||
<p>The generic linux/386 format decompresses to /tmp and needs
|
||||
/proc file system support. It starts the decompressed program
|
||||
via the <code>execve()</code> syscall.</p>
|
||||
<p>Linux/386 is only selected if the specialized linux/elf386
|
||||
and linux/sh386 won't recognize a file.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.</p>
|
||||
<p>How it works:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
For files which are not ELF and not a script for a known "-c" shell,
|
||||
UPX uses kernel execve(), which first requires decompressing to a
|
||||
temporary file in the file system. Interestingly -
|
||||
because of the good memory management of the Linux kernel - this
|
||||
often does not introduce a noticeable delay, and in fact there
|
||||
will be no disk access at all if you have enough free memory as
|
||||
the entire process takes places within the file system buffers.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
A compressed executable consists of the UPX stub and an overlay
|
||||
which contains the original program in a compressed form.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
The UPX stub is a statically linked ELF executable and does
|
||||
the following at program startup:</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
1) decompress the overlay to a temporary location in /tmp
|
||||
2) open the temporary file for reading
|
||||
3) try to delete the temporary file and start (execve)
|
||||
the uncompressed program in /tmp using /proc/<pid>/fd/X as
|
||||
attained by step 2)
|
||||
4) if that fails, fork off a subprocess to clean up and
|
||||
start the program in /tmp in the meantime</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
The UPX stub is about 1700 bytes long, partly written in assembler
|
||||
and only uses kernel syscalls. It is not linked against any libc.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Specific drawbacks:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- You need additional free disk space for the uncompressed program
|
||||
in your /tmp directory. This program is deleted immediately after
|
||||
decompression, but you still need it for the full execution time
|
||||
of the program.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- You must have /proc file system support as the stub wants to open
|
||||
/proc/<pid>/exe and needs /proc/<pid>/fd/X. This also means that you
|
||||
cannot compress programs that are used during the boot sequence
|
||||
before /proc is mounted.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Utilities like `top' will display numerical values in the process
|
||||
name field. This is because Linux computes the process name from
|
||||
the first argument of the last execve syscall (which is typically
|
||||
something like /proc/<pid>/fd/3).</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Because of temporary decompression to disk the decompression speed
|
||||
is not as fast as with the other executable formats. Still, I can see
|
||||
no noticeable delay when starting programs like my ~3 MiB emacs (which
|
||||
is less than 1 MiB when compressed :-).</pre>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--force-execve Force the use of the generic linux/386 "execve"
|
||||
format, i.e. do not try the linux/elf386 and
|
||||
linux/sh386 formats.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_ps1_exe">NOTES FOR PS1/EXE</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>This is the executable format used by the Sony PlayStation (PSone),
|
||||
a Mips R3000 based gaming console which is popular since the late '90s.
|
||||
Support of this format is very similar to the Atari one, because of
|
||||
nostalgic feelings of one of the authors.</p>
|
||||
<p>Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression,
|
||||
until further notice.</p>
|
||||
<p>Maximum uncompressed size: ~1.89 / ~7.60 MiB.</p>
|
||||
<p>Notes:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- UPX creates as default a suitable executable for CD-Mastering
|
||||
and console transfer. For a CD-Master main executable you could also try
|
||||
the special option "--boot-only" as described below.
|
||||
It has been reported that upx packed executables are fully compatible with
|
||||
the Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2, PStwo) and Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) in
|
||||
Sony PlayStation (PSone) emulation mode.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Normally the packed files use the same memory areas like the uncompressed
|
||||
versions, so they will not override other memory areas while unpacking.
|
||||
If this isn't possible UPX will abort showing a 'packed data overlap'
|
||||
error. With the "--force" option UPX will relocate the loading address
|
||||
for the packed file, but this isn't a real problem if it is a single or
|
||||
the main executable.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--8-bit Uses 8 bit size compression [default: 32 bit]</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--8mib-ram PSone has 8 MiB ram available [default: 2 MiB]</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--boot-only This format is for main exes and CD-Mastering only !
|
||||
It may slightly improve the compression ratio,
|
||||
decompression routines are faster than default ones.
|
||||
But it cannot be used for console transfer !</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--no-align This option disables CD mode 2 data sector format
|
||||
alignment. May slightly improves the compression ratio,
|
||||
but the compressed executable will not boot from a CD.
|
||||
Use it for console transfer only !</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_rtm32_pe_and_arm_pe">NOTES FOR RTM32/PE and ARM/PE</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Same as win32/pe.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_tmt_adam">NOTES FOR TMT/ADAM</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>This format is used by the TMT Pascal compiler - see <a href="http://www.tmt.com/">http://www.tmt.com/</a> .</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_vmlinuz_386">NOTES FOR VMLINUZ/386</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>The vmlinuz/386 and bvmlinuz/386 formats take a gzip-compressed
|
||||
bootable Linux kernel image (``vmlinuz'', ``zImage'', ``bzImage''),
|
||||
gzip-decompress it and re-compress it with the <strong>UPX</strong> compression method.</p>
|
||||
<p>vmlinuz/386 is completely unrelated to the other Linux executable
|
||||
formats, and it does not share any of their drawbacks.</p>
|
||||
<p>Notes:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Be sure that "vmlinuz/386" or "bvmlinuz/386" is displayed
|
||||
during compression - otherwise a wrong executable format
|
||||
may have been used, and the kernel won't boot.</pre>
|
||||
<p>Benefits:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Better compression (but note that the kernel was already compressed,
|
||||
so the improvement is not as large as with other formats).
|
||||
Still, the bytes saved may be essential for special needs like
|
||||
boot disks.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
For example, this is what I get for my 2.2.16 kernel:
|
||||
1589708 vmlinux
|
||||
641073 bzImage [original]
|
||||
560755 bzImage.upx [compressed by "upx -9"]</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
- Much faster decompression at kernel boot time (but kernel
|
||||
decompression speed is not really an issue these days).</pre>
|
||||
<p>Drawbacks:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
(none)</pre>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_watcom_le">NOTES FOR WATCOM/LE</a></h2>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong> has been successfully tested with the following extenders:
|
||||
DOS4G, DOS4GW, PMODE/W, DOS32a, CauseWay.
|
||||
The WDOS/X extender is partly supported (for details
|
||||
see the file bugs BUGS).</p>
|
||||
<p>DLLs and the LX format are not supported.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--le Produce an unbound LE output instead of
|
||||
keeping the current stub.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<h2><a name="notes_for_win32_pe">NOTES FOR WIN32/PE</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>The PE support in <strong>UPX</strong> is quite stable now, but probably there are
|
||||
still some incompatibilities with some files.</p>
|
||||
<p>Because of the way <strong>UPX</strong> (and other packers for this format) works, you
|
||||
can see increased memory usage of your compressed files because the whole
|
||||
program is loaded into memory at startup.
|
||||
If you start several instances of huge compressed programs you're
|
||||
wasting memory because the common segments of the program won't
|
||||
get shared across the instances.
|
||||
On the other hand if you're compressing only smaller programs, or
|
||||
running only one instance of larger programs, then this penalty is
|
||||
smaller, but it's still there.</p>
|
||||
<p>If you're running executables from network, then compressed programs
|
||||
will load faster, and require less bandwidth during execution.</p>
|
||||
<p>DLLs are supported. But UPX compressed DLLs can not share common data and
|
||||
code when they got used by multiple applications. So compressing msvcrt.dll
|
||||
is a waste of memory, but compressing the dll plugins of a particular
|
||||
application may be a better idea.</p>
|
||||
<p>Screensavers are supported, with the restriction that the filename
|
||||
must end with ``.scr'' (as screensavers are handled slightly different
|
||||
than normal exe files).</p>
|
||||
<p>UPX compressed PE files have some minor memory overhead (usually in the
|
||||
10 - 30 KiB range) which can be seen by specifying the ``-i'' command
|
||||
line switch during compression.</p>
|
||||
<p>Extra options available for this executable format:</p>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--compress-exports=0 Don't compress the export section.
|
||||
Use this if you plan to run the compressed
|
||||
program under Wine.
|
||||
--compress-exports=1 Compress the export section. [DEFAULT]
|
||||
Compression of the export section can improve the
|
||||
compression ratio quite a bit but may not work
|
||||
with all programs (like winword.exe).
|
||||
UPX never compresses the export section of a DLL
|
||||
regardless of this option.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--compress-icons=0 Don't compress any icons.
|
||||
--compress-icons=1 Compress all but the first icon.
|
||||
--compress-icons=2 Compress all icons which are not in the
|
||||
first icon directory. [DEFAULT]
|
||||
--compress-icons=3 Compress all icons.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--compress-resources=0 Don't compress any resources at all.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--keep-resource=list Don't compress resources specified by the list.
|
||||
The members of the list are separated by commas.
|
||||
A list member has the following format: I<type[/name]>.
|
||||
I<Type> is the type of the resource. Standard types
|
||||
must be specified as decimal numbers, user types can be
|
||||
specified by decimal IDs or strings. I<Name> is the
|
||||
identifier of the resource. It can be a decimal number
|
||||
or a string. For example:</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--keep-resource=2/MYBITMAP,5,6/12345</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
UPX won't compress the named bitmap resource "MYBITMAP",
|
||||
it leaves every dialog (5) resource uncompressed, and
|
||||
it won't touch the string table resource with identifier
|
||||
12345.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--force Force compression even when there is an
|
||||
unexpected value in a header field.
|
||||
Use with care.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--strip-relocs=0 Don't strip relocation records.
|
||||
--strip-relocs=1 Strip relocation records. [DEFAULT]
|
||||
This option only works on executables with base
|
||||
address greater or equal to 0x400000. Usually the
|
||||
compressed files becomes smaller, but some files
|
||||
may become larger. Note that the resulting file will
|
||||
not work under Windows 3.x (Win32s).
|
||||
UPX never strips relocations from a DLL
|
||||
regardless of this option.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available compression methods. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default method gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
|
||||
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
|
||||
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
|
||||
the default filter gives the best results anyway.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="diagnostics">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>Exit status is normally 0; if an error occurs, exit status
|
||||
is 1. If a warning occurs, exit status is 2.</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPX</strong>'s diagnostics are intended to be self-explanatory.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="bugs">BUGS</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>Please report all bugs immediately to the authors.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@oberhumer.com>
|
||||
<a href="http://www.oberhumer.com">http://www.oberhumer.com</a></pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Laszlo Molnar <ml1050@users.sourceforge.net></pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
John F. Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com></pre>
|
||||
<pre>
|
||||
Jens Medoch <jssg@users.sourceforge.net></pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h1><a name="copyright">COPYRIGHT</a></h1>
|
||||
<p>Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer</p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Laszlo Molnar</p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright (C) 2000-2008 John F. Reiser</p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Jens Medoch</p>
|
||||
<p>This program may be used freely, and you are welcome to
|
||||
redistribute it under certain conditions.</p>
|
||||
<p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
|
||||
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
||||
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
|
||||
<strong>UPX License Agreement</strong> for more details.</p>
|
||||
<p>You should have received a copy of the UPX License Agreement along
|
||||
with this program; see the file LICENSE. If not, visit the UPX home page.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
|
||||
</html>
|
||||
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