Question

I know that generally the object file has code, data, heap and stack sections.
But I want to know how this is arranged in windows executables and Linux executables.
I searched on internet and found some structure.
I understood .text is for code and .data is for global variables.
I want to know here is the stack and heap in both Linux and Windows platform?
Can anybody tell me the executable file structures??

Thanks in advance…

Answer 1

This is the specification that Microsoft has released:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463119

Also this is a good reading on the subject:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301805.aspx

EDIT:

Stack/Heap are in-memory structures which are created/modified during run-time so in essence they are not in the file itself – they can’t be. Think of them as a special place in memory where each and every program can store run-time data and by run-time data I mean variables. function invocations, return values and all the nitty-gritty stuff that are hapening on the low level.