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Old 07-09-2005
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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.
Oops! Thats 3 or 4! Its there in the reply by Perderabo in the FAQs.

Thanks for pointing that out Perderabo.