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Re: ITP: file2



Kenshi Muto wrote:
> Thu, 27 May 1999 10:53:22 +0900, Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org> wrote about Re: ITP: file2 (<[🔎] 19990527105322W.kmuto@topstudio.co.jp>):
> kmuto> Wed, 26 May 1999 18:29:55 -0700, Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> wrote about Re: ITP: file2 (<[🔎] 19990526182955.A17960@kitenet.net>):
> kmuto> joey> I take it this cannot be tested for using the tests available to file(1)?
> kmuto> 
> kmuto> Yes, it can't use instead of file(1).
> kmuto> file2 doesn't report file type.
> 
> Adding,
> 
> file(1) doesn't check "which KANJI code file uses?", so it only
> reports "ASCII text (with escape sequences)" on file using KANJI
> character.

My question was, could /etc/magic or /usr/share/misc/magic have lines added
to detect these files?

-- 
see shy jo


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