Bug#4473: Bug in /etc/magic
Package: file
Version: 3.19-4
There are bad magic numbers for Microsoft's applications in /etc/magic.
The strings that are used works OK for English version of MS Word 6 and
MS Excel 5, but when I run eg.
$ file polish.doc
where polish.doc is created using Polish nationalized version of MS Word I'm
told just that it's data file.
The wrong behaviour is caused by nationalized strings inside Word documents
and Excel worksheets.
The bug appears at least in versions 0.93R6 and 1.1.
I'd suggest changing the magic numbers, as made in the patch below.
*** magic.orig Tue Sep 10 23:37:31 1996
--- magic.correct Tue Sep 10 23:38:38 1996
***************
*** 1800,1810 ****
#
# Popular applications
! 2080 string Microsoft\ Word\ 6.0\ Document %s
#
0 belong 0x31be0000 Microsoft Word Document
#
! 2080 string Microsoft\ Excel\ 5.0\ Worksheet %s
#
0 belong 0x00001a00 Lotus 1-2-3
>4 belong 0x00100400 wk3 document
--- 1800,1812 ----
#
# Popular applications
! 2112 string MSWordDoc Microsoft Word 6.0 Document
#
0 belong 0x31be0000 Microsoft Word Document
#
! # I wonder why does it appear at two offsets...
! 2114 string Biff5 Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet
! 2113 string Biff5 Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet
#
0 belong 0x00001a00 Lotus 1-2-3
>4 belong 0x00100400 wk3 document
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