On 07/21/2010 08:02 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-07-21, Holger brunck <holger.bru...@keymile.com> wrote: > >> I use python 2.5 and I am looking for a possibility to determine a >> file type. Especially the endianness of a file is needed for me. Is >> there a way to detect this easily in python? > > Only if you already know what's going to be in the file. > >> Something like the "file" utility for linux would be very helpfull. >> >> Any help is appreciated. > > You're going to have to describe in detail what's in the file before > anybody can help.
There is a python module called "magic" that uses the same engine as file to determine a file type. It's part of the "find" source code: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ On Fedora I can just yum install python-magic to get it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
