On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 02:02:59PM -0400, Jonathan Dill wrote: > Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > > >See /etc/magic for the list of "magic numbers" the file(1) uses. > > > > > On Linux, that's often burried in /usr/share somewhere these days, for > example I just checked on Mandrake 10 it's /usr/share/misc/file/magic, > "rpm -q -l file" will help on RPM-based systems, or "locate" (from > slocate if installed) might help find it.
Ahh, tnx. >From now on I'll say "check the man page for the file(1) command to determine the location of the magic number file (was /etc/magic). -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
