/etc/magic with execute?

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From: qbarnes
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1988 23:27

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With all the discussion on "/etc/magic", a question I've had for a long
time came to mind.  Why is the file's permissions set to "-rwxr-xr-x"
on distribution? Is there any good reason why the file should have
"execute" set?

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