Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:35:04 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'file' Command Giving False Positives Message-ID: <20100702173504.c53738b2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <44630xq527.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4C2DF07F.1020509@tundraware.com> <44630xq527.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:25:20 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Why is it incorrect? "LZ" as the first two bytes in a file is (unless > my memory is badly mistaken) exactly what the old command.com looked for > as the flag of an executable. If I ask *my* memory, it tells me that what you mean is "MZ". As far as I remember, those are the initials of a programmer involved with the creation of the DOS binary executable format. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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