so, is there any solution to this problem? i tried just commenting out
the parts of magic that were causing the problem but then i just get
empty sheets of paper.
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
>
> 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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