Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> writes: > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:25:20 -0400, Lowell Gilbert > <freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: >> 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. > > If I ask *my* memory, it tells me that what you mean is "MZ". As > far as I remember, those are the initials of a programmer involved > with the creation of the DOS binary executable format. :-)
Apparently, your memory is better than mine, because that was indeed what I was thinking of. Which leads to the question of why magic(5) lists LZ as representing "MS-DOS executable (built-in)". I'd be hesitant to change that unless we knew for sure it was wrong. Even if it _is_ wrong, the "problem" still remains for "MZ" at least: Any file starting with those letters is going to be identified as an MS-DOS executable, and there's no clear way to distinguish it from a text file that happens to start with those letters. _______________________________________________ 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"
