From: "Dominic Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:06:39PM +0100, Barbie wrote:
> > From: "Robert Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > From: Roger Burton West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >
> > > > man 1 file
> > > > man 5 magic
> > > > less /usr/share/misc/magic # on many systems
> > > >
> > >
> > > except anything written my MS of course...
> >
> > Which is precisely what this install of ActivePerl sits on. Luckily I
have a
> > Linux box too :)
>
> It's worth grabbing the master copy of the magic database. I've found
> that some Linux ones (and even more so on Solaris) tend to be a bit
> incomplete.
>
> ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
Also sites like http://www.wotsit.org contain lots of info on file formats.
Thanks
Gareth
