| ID: | 5759 |
| From: | Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:27:21 +0930 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] file(1) support for our formats (was: file name policy |
| in-reply-to: | 5758 from rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
--00000000000035ed0c05e3c372b9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I can liase with the file(1) maintainer to add the necessary magic for ringdove suite, if there is a complete set of magic for the various filetypes. Regards, Erich On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:13 , <rnd2@igor2.repo.hu> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2022, karl@aspodata.se wrote: > > >Unfortunately the program file just calls theese files > >for ascii text. > > <snip> > > >So one way around this it to update your magicfile (mine is > >/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc). > > Last time I checked, file(1) had a centralized database option only, which > is sad. It means we can't get a distro package simply extend the database > by installing a few "format plugin" patterns in file's config dir. > > We have a magic pattern for file(1) in trunk/doc/resources. (It's a bit > tricky: for example there's no guarantee the root node is the first line > or starts at the beginning of a line.) On Debian (and probably many other > distros) it's enough to append the content of this file to /etc/magic. So > if you need it quick and local, it's rather easy to do already. > > If anyone is interested in doing the administration (registering wherever > they need to, submitting the magic, communicating with the authors if > necessary, etc) to get it included in the official central thing, I can > revise and extend our magic file to ringdove, adding all our other file > file types we have (for sch-rnd, camv-rnd, plus the tEDAx formats). > > The other popular infra is MIME, maintained by IANA. See > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml > Same applies here: if anyone steps up to do the administration, I am happy > to figure what input needs to be provided from the project side. > > > Best regards, > > Igor2 > > > --00000000000035ed0c05e3c372b9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">I can liase with the file(1) maintainer to add the necess= ary magic for ringdove suite,=C2=A0 if there is a complete set of magic for= the various filetypes.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Regard= s,=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Erich</div></di= v><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On T= hu, 14 Jul 2022 14:13 , <<a href=3D"mailto:rnd2@igor2.repo.hu">rnd2@igor= 2.repo.hu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sun, = 10 Jul 2022, <a href=3D"mailto:karl@aspodata.se" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n= oreferrer">karl@aspodata.se</a> wrote:<br> <br> >Unfortunately the program file just calls theese files<br> >for ascii text.<br> <br> <snip><br> <br> >So one way around this it to update your magicfile (mine is <br> >/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc). <br> <br> Last time I checked, file(1) had a centralized database option only, which = <br> is sad. It means we can't get a distro package simply extend the databa= se <br> by installing a few "format plugin" patterns in file's config= dir.<br> <br> We have a magic pattern for file(1) in trunk/doc/resources. (It's a bit= <br> tricky: for example there's no guarantee the root node is the first lin= e <br> or starts at the beginning of a line.) On Debian (and probably many other <= br> distros) it's enough to append the content of this file to /etc/magic. = So <br> if you need it quick and local, it's rather easy to do already.<br> <br> If anyone is interested in doing the administration (registering wherever <= br> they need to, submitting the magic, communicating with the authors if <br> necessary, etc) to get it included in the official central thing, I can <br= > revise and extend our magic file to ringdove, adding all our other file <br= > file types we have (for sch-rnd, camv-rnd, plus the tEDAx formats).<br> <br> The other popular infra is MIME, maintained by IANA. See <br> <a href=3D"https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml" = rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.iana.org/assign= ments/media-types/media-types.xhtml</a><br> Same applies here: if anyone steps up to do the administration, I am happy = <br> to figure what input needs to be provided from the project side.<br> <br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> Igor2<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --00000000000035ed0c05e3c372b9--
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