"Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > How can I determine the type of a file from "magic bytes", similar to > what the "file" command on unix does? I found > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-mimetypes.html > > but this only seems to use the filename (extension) for finding the > type. Any hints?
I'd start by taking a look at "file"'s code. :-) The thing is being able to identify the signatures of several different types of files. Here's some help for you: http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html And here's an example of an authoritative source for that table: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/spec/1.2/PNG-Structure.html -- Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
