Tim Daneliuk <tun...@tundraware.com> writes: > I have a data file with the content: > > LZasdadqjwjqwjqwjeqwe > > > 'file' (incorrectly) reports this as an MS-DOS executable.
Why is it incorrect? "LZ" as the first two bytes in a file is (unless my memory is badly mistaken) exactly what the old command.com looked for as the flag of an executable. > Does anyone happen to know the proper changes to 'magic' that would > fix this? That would be tricky, given that MS-DOS *would*, in fact, think this file was a valid executable. I don't think the syntax of "magic" is powerful enough to distinguish this from a "real" executable. You might be able to do it by adding file(1) support for looking for invalid opcodes, but that would get hairy very quickly... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
