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Created April 29, 2020 10:19
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Embed file in Go using ELF section
package main
import (
"debug/elf"
"fmt"
"os"
)
func main() {
selfPath, _ := os.Executable()
selfFile, _ := os.Open(selfPath)
selfElf, _ := elf.NewFile(selfFile)
var data []byte
for _, s := range selfElf.Sections {
if s.Name == "myfile" {
data, _ = s.Data()
}
}
fmt.Println(string(data))
}
build:
go build -o _main
objcopy --add-section myfile=myfile _main main
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