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Old 07-08-2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blowtorch
P.S. BTW, the magic number only comprises the first 2 or 3 (both are legal) bytes in the file. The rest of the line tells the kernel what is to be used to interpret the rest of the file.
What os? HP-UX magic man page says:
Code:
struct magic_number { 
    unsigned short    system_id; 
    unsigned short    file_type; 
}; 
typedef      struct    magic_number MAGIC;