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- Corel WordPerfect Magic Numbers
-
- During installation, you chose whether or not to
- add a list of Corel WordPerfect magic numbers to
- the UNIX /etc/magic file, so that the UNIX file
- command can list Corel WordPerfect file types.
-
- The UNIX file command determines file types by
- testing for certain numbers (called "magic"
- numbers) in file headers. The UNIX /etc/magic
- file contains the system list of magic numbers
- and the types of files they represent.
-
- The file header of every Corel WordPerfect file
- includes the magic number 377WPC, plus another
- number that identifies the file more specifically.
- Corel WordPerfect includes a custom wpmagic file
- in the shlib10 directory that lists
- the specific magic numbers for various types of
- Corel WordPerfect files.
-
- If you choose No during installation, you can
- still access the Corel WordPerfect entries in
- the wpmagic file using the following file
- command:
-
- file -m /<WPdir>/shlib10/wpmagic <filename>
-
- The /<WPdir> in the file command represents the
- full path to the Corel WordPerfect installation
- directory. The <filename> can include wildcard
- characters. You can, for example, list the file
- types of all files in a directory, including
- Corel WordPerfect files, using the following
- command:
-
- file -m /<WPdir>/shlib10/wpmagic *
-
- To make the Corel WordPerfect entries
- permanently available, append the wpmagic
- file to the end of the UNIX /etc/magic file.
-