Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cs.columbia.edu!agw From: agw@cs.columbia.edu (Art Werschulz) Subject: /etc/magic Message-ID: Sender: agw@cs.columbia.edu (Art Werschulz) Reply-To: agw@cs.columbia.edu Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science Distribution: comp Date: 8 Jun 91 22:41:15 Hello. [Pardon if this posting has appeared before ... we've had a few news-posting problems.] AIX's /etc/magic file for the file (1) program is missing quite a few entries. I have appended a Berkeley /etc/magic file to same, so that more things will be found. Unfortunately, the AIX file command doesn't seem to recognize the "\XXX" strings in /etc/magic. The file's comments say that one has to substitute the equivalent long/short. Does anybody know a relatively non-painful way of doing this? Also, there are entries such as 0 string %!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF- encapsulated postscript file Unfortunately, when I do % file foo.epsf I get the result EPSF- encapsulated postscript file instead of the expected encapsulated postscript file (it's breaking at the blank, not the tab stop). Any ideas how to fix this? -- Art Werschulz InterNet: agw@cs.columbia.edu ATTnet: Columbia University (212) 854-8642 854-2736 Fordham University (212) 636-6325