What are .hex files, and .elf files? How are these related to an .exe file? Thanks, Jordon
"An ELF file is a format for describing object code, typically output from a compiler ready to be fed into a linker. As such, the ELF format includes symbol tables for symbols that need to be linked, along with other debug information." Only for the sake of completeness, I will add that the ELF format is also used for the linker's output. That is, it's used for both individual object files as would be output from a compiler or assembler and the final executable. In fact ELF is an acronym for "Executable and Linking Format".