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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Editing File Headers Post 302543029 by andysuperaudiom on Friday 29th of July 2011 08:14:56 AM
Old 07-29-2011
Editing File Headers

Hey Guys,

Absolute neewbie here. I am trying to see if it is possible to edit headers/meta-data of files in Mac OSX. I am basically trying to change an audio file header to read 16bit instead of 24bit.

We have an issue with some of our software and it regularly exports 16bit audio files with 24bit headers (so any other software will read the file as 24bit when in fact it is 16bit).

I am trying to see if it is possible to edit the meta-data/header to read 16bit without making another generation of the file. If I want another generation I can use afconvert in terminal. I would like to edit the data of the file without recreating it.

I hope you guys can help.

With Kind Regards


Andy
 

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HEADER_REMOVE(3)							 1							  HEADER_REMOVE(3)

header_remove - Remove previously set headers

SYNOPSIS
void header_remove ([string $name]) DESCRIPTION
Removes an HTTP header previously set using header(3). PARAMETERS
o $name - The header name to be removed. Note This parameter is case-insensitive. RETURN VALUES
No value is returned. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Unsetting specific header. <?php header("X-Foo: Bar"); header("X-Bar: Baz"); header_remove("X-Foo"); ?> The above example will output something similar to: X-Bar: Baz Example #2 Unsetting all previously set headers. <?php header("X-Foo: Bar"); header("X-Bar: Baz"); header_remove(); ?> The above example will output something similar to: NOTES
Caution This function will remove all headers set by PHP, including cookies, session and the X-Powered-By headers. Note Headers will only be accessible and output when a SAPI that supports them is in use. SEE ALSO
header(3), headers_sent(3). PHP Documentation Group HEADER_REMOVE(3)
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