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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:15:05 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: how to determine if a file is text/binary
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On 29 Apr 2002, xeon wrote:

> I'm wondering, how to determine is a file is a text file, or a binary
> file, programatically.

The usual technique is to read a portion of a file, say, 16KB, and see if 
it contains null characters (`\0').

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