we already leverage "file," "libmagic" and a bunch of existing forensics databases. i can certainly appreciate your point about doublework! life is not that long. but with some formats (especially open source ones, as there is that common ground there) i am reaching out to the developers themselves to insure accuracy.
- J On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:23:17 +0100, Emil Brink wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jeff Harmon > <jhar...@colorhythm.com> wrote: >> i work on resourcespace, an open source digital asset management >> application that already supports the previewing of Blender files. >> we are working on supporting metadata and recognizing the file type. >> http://resourcespace.org >> >> we are contructing a "magic number" database that will assist in >> automatically recognizing file types. > [snip] > > I realize that constructing such a system is fun, but is there a > reason you don't just use an existing solution? > > The classic approach would be the "file" tool, which comes with its > own database. If you can't just rely on the file program itself, > perhaps you could use its database (generally found as /etc/magic on > systems supporting "file") and not have to re-invent that particular > wheel? > > Regards, > > /Emil _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers