Re: [LI] Magic Number

[V S Sai Satish <saisat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A Magic number is an internally stored number for every file on a Unix
system which will be used by OS and certain commands like 'file' to identify
the particular type of file (Unlike Windows which uses a stupid extension to
determine the type). The rules for are in /etc/magic (this is on HP-UX)

HTH
Sai
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>  Hi ,
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>  What does Magic Number refer to ?
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> Sumit Rangwala
> Final Year B.E. (Computers)
> SGSITS Indore
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