hpux man page for magic

Query: magic

OS: hpux

Section: 4

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magic(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							  magic(4)

NAME
magic - magic numbers for HP-UX implementations
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The file localizes all information about HP-UX ``magic numbers'' in one file, thus facilitating uniform treatment of magic numbers. This file specifies the location of the magic number in a file (always the start of the file) and the structure of the magic number: includes definitions for the system IDs of all HP machines running HP-UX, and file types that are common to all implementations. There may be additional implementation-dependent file types. The predefined file types are: The values for are defined in model(4).
WARNINGS
Files managed by use a different form of magic number that is incompatible with
SEE ALSO
ar(1), ld(1), a.out(4), ar(4), model(4). magic(4)
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