Hi Chris, Thanks for checking! Guess will have to wait until fidentify is part of the stable ver.
Gene On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:47:08 -0400, "Chris Knadle" <[email protected]> said: > On Wednesday 11 August 2010 11:02:09 WestHurley ComputerReCycling wrote: > > Hope that someone uses TestDisk. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk > > I've used it for a couple of things -- most often to remake a default > MSDOS > MBR on a hard disk. > > > The latest ver BETA: TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.12-WIP contains fidentify. > > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_6.12_Release > > 'apt-get show testdisk' for TestDisk on Debian testing/sid shows a longer > list > of file types that PhotoRec can recover: > > * Sun/NeXT audio data (.au) > * RIFF audio/video (.avi/.wav) > * BMP bitmap (.bmp) > * bzip2 compressed data (.bz2) > * Source code written in C (.c) > * Canon Raw picture (.crw) > * Canon catalog (.ctg) > * FAT subdirectory > * Microsoft Office Document (.doc) > * Nikon dsc (.dsc) > * HTML page (.html) > * JPEG picture (.jpg) > * MOV video (.mov) > * MP3 audio (MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1) (.mp3) > * Moving Picture Experts Group video (.mpg) > * Minolta Raw picture (.mrw) > * Olympus Raw Format picture (.orf) > * Portable Document Format (.pdf) > * Perl script (.pl) > * Portable Network Graphics (.png) > * Raw Fujifilm picture (.raf) > * Contax picture (.raw) > * Rollei picture (.rdc) > * Rich Text Format (.rtf) > * Shell script (.sh) > * Tar archive (.tar ) > * Tag Image File Format (.tiff) > * Microsoft ASF (.wma) > * Sigma/Foveon X3 raw picture (.x3f) > * zip archive (.zip) > > > > "fidentify, a > > little utility sharing PhotoRec signature database, is now build by > > default. It identifies the type of data contained in a file and reports > > the extension as seen by PhotoRec. It is similar to the Unix file > > command." > > > > Have done a number of searches to find out how to use fidentify but have > > found nothing to date. Searched for a dedicated English TestDisk but > > also nothing. > > > > Since "It is similar to the Unix file command." am wondering if it would > > have similar commands? > > The Debian testing/sid version of TestDisk does not come with the > fidentify > command, so I don't have a man page for it. However looking at the code > for > fidentify here: > > http://www.sfr- > fresh.com/linux/misc/testdisk-6.11.tar.gz:a/testdisk-6.11/src/fidentify.c > > I don't see it taking in command-line switches to change behavior similar > to > the 'file' command -- so I think the answer to your question is no. > > [And if you want the testdisk code, I suggest you get the upstream git > repo > here: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Developers ] > > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Sep 1 - BOINC > Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions > Nov 3 - Bug Labs -- WestHurley ComputerReCycling [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions Nov 3 - Bug Labs
