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Hi list,

On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:55:17 +0200

Frank Barknecht  wrote:
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> > Additionally, libsndfile support wouldnt be that bad either, so, I am

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> > wondering, is there a reliable way to detect a audio streams file

> > format just given some bits of the header?

>

> The "file" command can specify a lot of file formats just from some

> magic bits, see /etc/magic, /usr/share/misc/file/magic and magic(5)

> for this. 

Additionally, the "magic" command and its detection abilities are

separated nowadays - at least on my Debian system with "file" version 4.03

you also get the packages "libmagic1" and "libmagic-dev" which allow to

use "file" functionality in any C/C++ program. Try "man 3 libmagic".
Greetings,

Frank