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From: mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Mathew BM LIM)
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Subject: example of how to use /etc/magic
Keywords: magic file
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Date: 11 Apr 91 07:11:34 GMT
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Does anyone have an example of using /etc/magic from within a C program to
figure out the contents of a file? Perhaps a public domain version of file(1)?

Thanks.
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