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- This is a pre-release version of FILETYPE. After I get some feedback from
- people, I'll release the final version.
-
- FILETYPE identifies the type of files by examining the first 512 bytes
- and using heuristics (i.e. it guesses). For instance, it distinguishes
- C programs from Assembly from Modula II from Smalltalk from English text,
- it knows about the different icon types, device drivers, libraries,
- Aztec file types, arc, zoo, IFF files, etc. I did my best to have it
- recognize every file type I could get my hands on. Currently works only
- from CLI.
-
- Although it is impossible for a program like this to always guess
- correctly, it does a pretty good job overall. If there are other features
- or other file types you'd like to see identified, let me know. But be
- sure to tell me *how* to identify a file, because if it's not in there
- already, it's because I don't know how right now. Simply telling me that
- it doesn't know about Lotus 1-2-3 files won't help much, because *I*
- don't know about those files either! I can figure it out based on examples,
- though.
-
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