X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: <200612042047.kB4KlhcV005862@tigris.pounder.sol.net> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: cygzx AT trodman DOT com (Tom Rodman) Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-note: From should match addr u signed up w/, else post will not show for > 90 min (3/2005) Subject: printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - #wrong result? X-note: getting started: oPS1=$PS1 PS1="\w $ " cd; date;uname -a X-note: for a response to thread, think we need both "In-Reply-To", and "references" X-note: re cygcheck.out o filter through /adm/bin/app/s/post_scrub_*1 o after mhbuild, if cygcheck.out attached, add this after "Content-Type" line: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="cygcheck.out" X-note: o cygcheck -s |egrep '^Runni' #use to document "where you are" X-note: COMMON MISTAKEs: o leaving off real name "(Tom Rodman)" in From: o forgetting "rebaseall" (not needed for cygwin1.dll snaps tho) o besure to *reload* http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ # to get absolute latest o get all latest packages, not just latest snapshot o adjust the reply quoting to *not* use real email addresses o do not enclose huge attachments, put them on yz4.org instead Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:47:43 -0600 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Should this directed to the "file" package maintainer?: ~ $ date;uname -a Mon Dec 4 14:31:38 CST 2006 CYGWIN_NT-5.0 OurServer121 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin ~ $ printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - /dev/stdin: MPEG ADTS, layer I, v1, 192 kBits, 32 kHz, Stereo --snip ~ $ date;uname -a Mon Dec 4 14:34:15 CST 2006 Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ~ $ printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - standard input: Little-endian UTF-16 Unicode character data, with CR line terminators ~ $ From above you can see linux and cygwin "file" output differs. The printf above was inspired recently when "file" mis-identified a unicode file. I don't think this is a new problem. -- thanks, Tom -- PS above unicode contains one line with a single "h" char -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/