On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:21:09PM -0600, Chris Cheney wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:01:29PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 03:18:16PM -0600, Chris Cheney wrote: > > > What /etc/mime-magic file, you mean the one that gnome > > > provides?[1] Why doesn't gnome use the KDE one? :P All I see that > > > is standard is a /etc/magic file which does not include anything > > > that was directly built into the file(1) utility, which happens to > > > mean /etc/magic is empty. > > > > Then why not add mime-magic support to mime-types and share that > > between all the program that need it instead of replicating the > > feature all along ? > > It would probably make more sense to have file ship its magic file > (the one with the actual data in it). If file provided its magic file > then both Gnome and KDE could send their changes to upstream and > everyone benefit from it, instead of just forking it.
Isn't this what's in the /usr/share/misc/file directory? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]