On 1/4/06, Ian Kilgore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, ELF files have this handy little magic number: 7F 45 4C 46 > (Which is some undisplayable character, followed by 'ELF').. the ELF > headers will usually be very similar to each other (Just taking a look > at a few files in /bin, I see: > > 7F 45 4C 46 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 02 00 03 00 01 00 00 00
file is probably the easiest way to do this. man file The file command looks at /usr/share/misc/file/magic to determine how to classify files. Details of the fairly simple format are available via. man magic -- Rick DeNatale Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
