Image::ExifTool::EXE(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::EXE(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::EXE - Read executable file meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to extract meta information from various types of Windows, MacOS and Unix executable and library files.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.openwatcom.org/ftp/devel/docs/pecoff.pdf>

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65122>

<http://www.opensource.apple.com>

<http://www.skyfree.org/linux/references/ELF\_Format.pdf>

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809762.aspx>

<http://code.google.com/p/pefile/>

<http://www.codeproject.com/KB/DLL/showver.aspx>

<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"EXE Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-28 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::EXE(3pm) from exiftool 13.60-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool