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- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 19:36:39 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Protection bits
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.46ta@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 13 Jan 96 Gene Heskett wrote to All:
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- >>> >> I'd like to see a new set of flags, or somekind of ID stored with
- >>> >> each file which tells you the filetype. In other words taking the
- >>> >> 'e' and 's' bit concepts one step further.
- GH> [snip]
- >>> 512 bytes might not be sufficient to make a FileID...
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- GH> I don't know why not. Lemme use an opsys I am *truely* familiar with,
- GH> #os9#
-
- [....]
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- You misunderstood, I don't want to use 512 bytes to serve as a 'FileID', I just
- want to use 32-bits for that. I was just wondering if 'looking' at the first
- 512 bytes of a file would be enough to identify it to be a specific type of
- file (IFF, JPEG, Executable, etcetera).
-
- Grtz John
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