C/C++. Как использовать внедряемые ресурсы приложения, при работе в GCC на Linux

function gen(data,name,h,c)
	local size,buf_size,buf,w,i,a,la,line
	size=data:seek("end") data:seek("set",0)
	h:write("enum { "..name.."_size="..size.." };\n")
	h:write("extern const unsigned char "..name.."["..name.."_size];\n")
	c:write("const unsigned char "..name.."[]={\n")
	a=0 w=16 buf_size=32 buf={}
	while buf do
		la=1
		while la<=#buf do
			line="\t"
			for i=1,w do
				if la>#buf then break end
				line=line..string.format("%3d",buf:byte(la))
				a=a+1 la=la+1
				if a<size then line=line.."," end
			end
			c:write(line.."\n")
		end
		buf=data:read(buf_size)
	end
	c:write"};\n"
end
function gen_list(list,hdr,src)
	local h,c,d
	hdr=hdr or "res.h" 
	src=src or "res.c" 
	h=io.open(hdr,"w+") or error "unable to create header"
	c=io.open(src,"w+") or error "unable to create source"
	h:write("// "..hdr.." : autogenerated file\n")
	h:write"#pragma once\n"
	for line in io.lines(list) do
		local name,fn=line:match"%s*(%S+)%s+(.+)%s*"
		if fn then 
			d=io.open(fn,"rb") or error("unable to open "..fn)
			gen(d,name,h,c)
			d:close()
		end
	end
	c:close()
	h:close()
end

gen_list "list.txt"

res1 file1.dat
res2 file2.dat
res3 file3.dat

~ 
➜ ld -r -b binary -o blob.o $(realpath some/dir/to/blob.png)

~ 
➜ objdump -t blob.o                                         

blob.o:     file format elf64-x86-64

SYMBOL TABLE:
0000000000000000 l    d  .data  0000000000000000 .data
0000000000000000 g       *ABS*  0000000000000000 _binary__home_prok_some_dir_to_blob_png_size
0000000000000000 g       .data  0000000000000000 _binary__home_prok_some_dir_to_blob_png_end
0000000000000000 g       .data  0000000000000000 _binary__home_prok_some_dir_to_blob_png_start