John DeDourek wrote:
>
> I don't have a solution. I do agree that it is useful for the printing
> system to automatically identify files and treat them with the
> appropriate
> filter. It is good to have the "file" utility make a guess as to file
> type. I don't like the idea of having a separate "more robust" file
> identifier for printing. I don't like having random print failures of
> ASCII files which just happen to have "CH" at the "wrong place".
>
> Perhaps this will start a discussion which will produce a clever
> improvement
> to the printing system.
>
It's probably worth pointing out that this is what "magicfilter" does...
it doesn't use "file", because "file" is intended for human consumption,
but it scans the magics.
And yes, using ASCII magics is very dangerous.
-hpa
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