On Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:31:35 +0200, Frode Tenneboe said: > You only know that it's some sort of script-file, not for which > script-language.
You also know that the name of the interpreter follows. The /etc/magic file contains several instances where the thing after the magic number is looked at to classify the file further. > The UNIX 'magic number' does not necessarily have to be at the start > of a file. I thought it did. What instance can you think of where it isn't? imc
