Re: Help needed with cross platform File types (emergency!)

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:00

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David Graff <david.graff@iqxpert.com> writes:

> the unix way of doing it would be to check the Magic number of the
> file. = Mac on the other hand probably does it the same way (magic
> number).  Windoze how= ever bases all it's type information on
> extensions.

Actually, some Cant-Win-dows applications - e.g. MS Word - use "magic
cookies" as well.

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