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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 20:41:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux compat question 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905032039170.388-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199905040037.RAA00888@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Mike Smith wrote:

> > Anyone know if linux apps use our own magic file, or if they look into
> > /compat/linux/etc for a magic file?  I'm trying to install word perfect,
> > and I won't yet let it touch my FreeBSD magic file.
> > 
> > Maybe, anyone have a recent Linux magic file?
> 
> Our magic file already has Wordperfect documents in it.  Just ignore 
> the option to frob the magic file.

Ours lists ONE.  Their's lists about 80 of them, so WP can recognize
many of their subformats intelligently.

I guess I could patch our magic to do that ... you have any idea if Word
Perfect uses our file command, not one from /compat/linux/usr/bin?

> 
> -- 
> \\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
> \\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
> \\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
> \\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com
> 
> 
> 

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