Re: UTI strings
Re: UTI strings
- Subject: Re: UTI strings
- From: John Joyce <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:42:51 -0500
On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Sean McBride wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:54 -0500, John Joyce said:
>
>>>> Remember, that although creator codes are out, extensions *seem* to be
>>>> recognized,
>>>> and... being a BSD, there is still also the *magic number* for file
>> types...
>>>> (the magic file does get updated regularly)
>>>
>>> Is the magic file queried when asking the OS for a file's UTI?
>>>
>> Good question.
>> I don't know...
>
> According to the docs, the answer is No. But from your email address, I
> thought you might have been aware of an omission in the docs. :)
>
No, the magic number stuff is standard on Unix/Linux systems.
You can still access that yourself though if it helps you do something.
Lookup in Terminal:
man magic
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