That is the problem I need the extension of the file in question and not 
just the magic bytes.  So far I can find a way to obtain it to insert it 
into the rule I need to create.

K



On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:52:45 PM UTC-5, Wesley Shields wrote:

> It is generally not a good idea to do that, file names are a property of 
> the filesystem and not of the file. If you really must you could use an 
> external variable and pass it in. There is documentation on how to do that. 
>
> You can use the magic module or write your own magic identifiers in you 
> rules to identify file types. 
>
> -- WXS 
>
> > On Nov 1, 2015, at 2:36 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: 
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me if there is an operator or some other way to create a 
> Yara rule that will allow me to check a file's extension i.e. .doc, .exe? 
>  I am unable to find something like this in the documentation. 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
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