[File] Patch for /usr/share/misc/magic
Jim Long
longj22 at wwu.edu
Wed Oct 5 22:28:59 UTC 2022
Hello! This email address is listed as the maintainer of the UNIX "file"
utility's database "/usr/share/misc/magic" used to identify various types of
files based on an analysis of the file contents. Please excuse me if that
information is no longer accurate.
There is a minor typo in the section regarding TIFF image files. The man
page for file(1) states:
--extension
Print a slash-separated list of valid extensions for the file
type found.
The current (FreeBSD 13.1, Ubuntu 22.04) version of the magic file lists two
possible extensions for TIFF files, "tif" or "tiff". Due to the typo in the
magic file, file(1) says:
$ file test/20221005/python.tiff
test/20221005/python.tiff: TIFF image data, little-endian, direntries=17, height=16, bps=1242, compression=none, PhotometricIntepretation=RGB, name=python.tiff, orientation=upper-left, width=16
$ file --extension test/20221005/python.tiff
test/20221005/python.tiff: tif,tiff
The attached patch corrects this typo.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Long
Bellingham, WA
--- magic.old 2022-08-12 12:14:42.643396000 -0700
+++ magic 2022-10-05 12:14:18.488207000 -0700
@@ -18447,12 +18447,12 @@
0 string MM\x00\x2a TIFF image data, big-endian
!:strength +70
!:mime image/tiff
-!:ext tif,tiff
+!:ext tif/tiff
>(4.L) use \^tiff_ifd
0 string II\x2a\x00 TIFF image data, little-endian
!:mime image/tiff
!:strength +70
-!:ext tif,tiff
+!:ext tif/tiff
>(4.l) use tiff_ifd
0 name tiff_ifd
--
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--- magic.old 2022-08-12 12:14:42.643396000 -0700
+++ magic 2022-10-05 12:14:18.488207000 -0700
@@ -18447,12 +18447,12 @@
0 string MM\x00\x2a TIFF image data, big-endian
!:strength +70
!:mime image/tiff
-!:ext tif,tiff
+!:ext tif/tiff
>(4.L) use \^tiff_ifd
0 string II\x2a\x00 TIFF image data, little-endian
!:mime image/tiff
!:strength +70
-!:ext tif,tiff
+!:ext tif/tiff
>(4.l) use tiff_ifd
0 name tiff_ifd
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