I feel compelled to mention that magic is only ever an informed guess, and I'm convinced that faking magic isn't beyond the ability of smart bad people, if theres a gain to be made.
> > After reading your http://www.alaska.net/~royce/pub/solaris/MAGIC > > link I see what it is all about. > > For those who don't understand, yet, this might help: > > http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/newcomer/filename.html