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Subject: Detecting type of file in a program
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Date: 4 Feb 89 02:54:24 GMT
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In my program, I am using opendir() to read in the names of 
text files from a directory.
How can I tell whether a file is text or an object file ?
Is there a better way than using :
	system("file filename > /tmp/tempfile")

Thanks,
  Po