Michael Dykman wrote: > On my Ubuntu system, the database underlying the file command is found at > /usr/share/file/magic.mgc . > > It is a binary file;
That binary file is compiled from all the plain-text files in /usr/share/file/magic . The format for those “magic files” (aka patterns, signatures) is in the man pages for “file”. Here’s one transcript available on the web: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/magic.4.html <http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/magic.4.html> -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
