[File] Patch for /usr/share/misc/magic

Christos Zoulas christos at zoulas.com
Sat Oct 8 18:37:54 UTC 2022


Committed, thanks!

christos

> On Oct 5, 2022, at 6:28 PM, Jim Long <longj22 at wwu.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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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