redhat-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 7

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On 4/7/07, darrel barton <darrel at lantera.com> wrote:
> Magic file
>
> Once upon a time, there was a simple text file named /etc/magic and it
> served a wonderful purpose.   Elegant and easy to modify as well as
> use.  Too elegant.  Too easy.   We musn't have THAT! Now, it's some sort of
> compiled file where the tools needed to extend and modify the file aren't
> on the standard Red Hat distribution.   Does anyone know where those tools
> are and how to obtain them?

darrel,

Please read the little bit I left quoted below. Send new questions
with a subject line appropriate to the topic you are asking a question
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Since everyone subscribed to the list either already received the
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send them all to us again.

If you look at the man page for magic ("man magic") it will probably
point you to the file you are looking for.

John

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