How should executables for 32-bit and 64-bit be differentiated? At the moment i use "-x86" for 32-bit and "-x64" for 64-bit. Is this correct or is there a standard for this kind of stuff?
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2I don't differentiate them by name but by the folder they are stored in. – Scheff's Cat Mar 11 '21 at 18:58
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There's no standard as far as I am aware. But maybe this answer will help you understand the differences.
If you want to make it clear to the user, which system architecture the executable is intended for, then adding "-32x" or "-64x" is clear enough.
Most people use the "-x86" and "-x86_64" as extensions however, and that also works. Although that more so describes the instruction set that the binary was compiled for, and by extension the architecture.
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