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From: Dean Roth <dean@myp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD and NetBSD exec formats
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 12:54:16 -0800
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Do these two systems use the same executable format so that a program
compiled on one OS will run on the other? (I tried to get the NetBSD
FAQ but the server appears to not be running.) Thank you.

Dean