Unix program on Linux question

[Brian Densmore]

No clue. It was written and compiled for Unix, not Linux.
I don't know what libraries or anything. I know it is
written and compiled for X86 architecture. That is all
I know. It is a blackbox to me. I don't even know at 
this point which Unix it was compiled for. Could be
AIX, UnixWare, Sun. I suspect UnixWare, because of the
company. I don't have the binary at this time. It's
more of a research question.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Attaway 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:26 AM
> To: Brian Densmore
> Cc: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Unix program on Linux question
> 
> 
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Brian Densmore wrote:
> 
> > If I have a compiled x86 Unix program and no source is it 
> possible to
> > run this program in a Linux box? I would tend to think that it is
> > possible, even if one needed to load some type of VM interfaces. For
> > argument's sake let's say the Unix program was compiled for 
> UnixWare on
> > an Intel architecture.
> 
> What libraries have you linked to?  Is it going to run on the 
> processor 
> type is was compiled for?  Will it use the same directory 
> structure and 
> ports?  What type of executable was it linked as?  ELF, a.out, ...?
>