>/usr/bin/magic determines the file type heuristically by parsing >/usr/share/file/magic and then reading a couple bytes out of the given >file. > >This appears to be a direct Python translation of the file command, >with an embedded copy of a magic table: >http://www.demonseed.net/~jp/code/magic.py
Thank you! I could have written a "magic" parser myself, but it's better if I don't need to. ;-) I only thought there would be a standard module that I overlooked. Best regards, Henning Hraban Ramm Südkurier Medienhaus / MediaPro Support/Admin/Development Dept. _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
