[File] [PATCH] of Magdir/msdos, netware for Novell DOS message *.msg, Modules *.vlm *.nlm
Jörg Jenderek
joerg.jen.der.ek at gmx.net
Fri Sep 4 12:28:18 UTC 2020
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Hello,
some days ago i handled OS/2 help message *.msg.
Just for interest i look on my discs for other files with that file
name extensions. Some are described as "data" by file command
version 5.39.
Some are only found in directory where DR-DOS package also known as
Novell or Caldera DOS package is stored. Furthermore for most msg
examples there exist also a DOS executable with the same main name.
For comparison reason i run the file format identification utility
TrID ( See https://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html). A dozen of message
files are described by TRID definition msg-netware-dos.trid.xml as
"Novell DOS Client Message". It also list the used file
name extension msg and with -v option the related URL pointing to
used file format information.
This is now expressed inside Magdir/msdos by additional comment line
like:
# mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/m/msg-netware-dos.trid.xml
A few information about such message files can be found in Matthias
Paul's German tips about Novell DOS. This is now expressed by URL
line like:
# URL: http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm
Such message files start with characteristic ASCII text phrase. That
is expressed by test lines like:
0 string DOS\ Client\ Message\ File: Novell DOS client message
!:ext msg
At offset 25 often the main or program name like IPXODI.COM,
DOSRqstr, TASKID is stored, but i also found examples were only a
digit like 1 in example MIB2PROT.MSG is stored. So show this name by
lines like
>26 ubyte >0x20
>>25 ubyte !0x20 %c
>>>26 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>27 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>28 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>29 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>30 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>31 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>>32 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>>>33 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>>>>34 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>>>>>35 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>36 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
Afterwards comes a space character and a string like V1.20, v1.00 or
0. I assume that this is the version of the DOS executable or Netware
virtual loadable module. After comma comes phrase " Tran ". That is
followed by a string like v1.00 or 0. I assume that is the version of
the translations in the message file. So show this information by
lines:
>28 search/14 ,\040Tran\040
>>&0 string x \b, tran version %s
After this string in my inspected examples comes Ctrl-J and Ctrl-Z.
So show other "unusual" termination characters by lines like:
>>>&0 ubyte !0xa \b, terminated by 0x%2.2x
>>>>&0 ubyte x \b%2.2x
Some bytes later apparently a padding with dozen null bytes occur til
offset 100. That is terminated by Control-Z character followed by
hexadecimal 1. So other "unusual" characters are shown by lines like:
>0x65 ubyte !0x1A \b, at 0x65 0x%x
>0x66 ubyte !0x01 \b, at 0x66 0x%x
A few messages files like NLMIGRAT.MSG or PNWDIAGS.MSG are identified
by TrID as "Novell Message Librarian Data (v1.00)" by definition
dat-novell-msg.trid.xml. This is now expressed by comment line like:
# mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/d/dat-novell-msg.trid.xml
Such message files start with characteristic ASCII text phrase. That
is expressed by test lines like:
0 string Novell\ Message\ Librarian Novell message librarian data
TrID definition only mention file name extension dat, but my examples
only have msg extension. That is expressed by line
!:ext msg
Some of the DOS executable have VLM extension instead EXE extension.
TrID identifies such executables by exe-vlm.trid.xml as "Novell
Netware Virtual Loadable Module" or by exe-vlm-msg.trid.xml as
variant with message file. The file command identifies such sample
only generic as "MS-DOS executable" by Magdir/msdos. And with
- --extension option only exe/com is displayed. So i change
corresponding line to
!:ext exe/com/vlm
and add information by comment lines like:
# URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_NetWare#VLM
# mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/e/exe-vlm-msg.trid.xml
According to Wikipedia the successor for VLM modules are NetWare
Loadable Modules (NLMs). This like example zipnote.nlm are identified
correctly by Magdir/netware, but with --extension option only ???
displayed. So i add Wikipedia page about NLM by comment line like
# URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWare_Loadable_Module
and display file name extension by additional line
!:ext nlm
After applying also the above mentioned modifications by patches
file-5.39-msdos-novell.diff and file-5.39-netware.diff for all
inspected message files and related files i get now an output like:
DOSRQSTR.MSG: Novell DOS client message DOSRqstr, tran version 0
IPXODI.COM: DOS executable (COM)
IPXODI.MSG: Novell DOS client message IPXODI.COM, tran version 0
MIB2PROT.MSG: Novell DOS client message, tran version v1.00
MIB2PROT.VLM: MS-DOS executable
NLMIGRAT.EXE: MS-DOS executable
NLMIGRAT.MSG: Novell message librarian data
PNWDIAGS.MSG: Novell message librarian data
PNWDIAGW.DLL: MS-DOS executable, NE for MS Windows 3.x (DLL or font)
PNWTRAP.MSG: Novell DOS client message pnwtrap, tran version v1.00
PNWTRAP.VLM: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS
TASKID.COM: DOS executable (COM)
TASKID.MSG: Novell DOS client message TASKID, tran version 0
TBMI2.COM: DOS executable (COM)
TBMI2.MSG: Novell DOS client message TBMI2, tran version 0
WSSNMP.MSG: Novell DOS client message, tran version v1.00
WSSNMP.VLM: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS
zipnote.nlm: NetWare Loadable Module
I hope my 2 diff file can be applied in future version of
file utility.
With best wishes
Jörg Jenderek
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Jörg Jenderek
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--- file-5.39/magic/Magdir/netware.old 2019-02-22 12:06:34 +0000
+++ file-5.39/magic/Magdir/netware 2020-09-04 11:13:38 +0000
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
# netware: file(1) magic for NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs)
# From: Mads Martin Joergensen <mmj at suse.de>
+# URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWare_Loadable_Module
0 string NetWare\ Loadable\ Module NetWare Loadable Module
+#!:mime application/octet-stream
+!:ext nlm
+
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--- file-5.39/magic/Magdir/msdos.old 2020-05-31 10:34:40 +0000
+++ file-5.39/magic/Magdir/msdos 2020-09-04 11:12:06 +0000
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@
# extension, mostly for compatibility's sake.
-!:ext exe/com
+# URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_NetWare#VLM
+# Reference: https://mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/e/exe-vlm-msg.trid.xml
+!:ext exe/com/vlm
# These traditional tests usually work but not always. When test quality support is
@@ -1175,2 +1177,49 @@
+# URL: http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm
+# Reference: https://mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/m/msg-netware-dos.trid.xml
+# From: Joerg Jenderek
+0 string DOS\ Client\ Message\ File: Novell DOS client message
+#!:mime application/octet-stream
+#!:mime application/x-novell-msg
+!:ext msg
+# look for second letter instead space character
+>26 ubyte >0x20
+# digit 1 or often main or program name like: IPXODI.COM TASKID pnwtrap DOSRqstr
+>>25 ubyte !0x20 %c
+>>>26 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>27 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>28 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>29 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>30 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>31 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>>32 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>>>33 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>>>>34 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>>>>>35 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+>>>>>>>>>>>>>36 ubyte !0x20 \b%c
+# followed by string like: 0 v.10 V1.20
+#
+# followed by ,\040Tran\040
+>28 search/14 ,\040Tran\040
+# probably translated version string like: 0 v1.00
+>>&0 string x \b, tran version %s
+# followed by Ctrl-J Ctrl-Z
+>>>&0 ubyte !0xa \b, terminated by 0x%2.2x
+>>>>&0 ubyte x \b%2.2x
+# Ctrl-Z
+>0x65 ubyte !0x1A \b, at 0x65 0x%x
+# one
+>0x66 ubyte !0x01 \b, at 0x66 0x%x
+# URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWare
+# Reference: http://mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/d/dat-novell-msg.trid.xml
+# ftp://ftp.iitb.ac.in/LDP/en/NLM-HOWTO/NLM-HOWTO-single.html
+# From: Joerg Jenderek
+0 string Novell\ Message\ Librarian\ Data\ File Novell message librarian data
+#>35 string Version\ 1.00
+#>49 string COPYRIGHT\ (c)\ 1985\ by\ Novell,\ Inc.
+#>83 string \ \ All\ Rights\ Reserved
+#!:mime application/octet-stream
+#!:mime application/x-novell-msg
+!:ext msg
+#!:ext msg/dat
# 4DOS help (.HLP) files added by Joerg Jenderek from source TPHELP.PAS
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