Re: Suggestion for file type detection approach

[iain <iain prettypeople org>]

On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 13:14 -0600, gardnerbiggs houston rr com wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: iain <iain prettypeople org>
> Date: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:55 am
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for file type detection approach
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 14:48 -0300, Fabio Gomes wrote:
> > However...
> > 
> > > DETECTION BY SUFFIX                                	
> > >  1.Allows wrong results on invalid input (files with wrong 
> > >    suffixes)
> > 
> > Cannot be fixed to run correctly.
> 
> 
> Yes it can, the file suffix can be changed.

I meant it cannot be stopped.
Eventually we will get to a point where mimetype sniffing by reading the
content will be perfect and detect every file correctly.

However, misnamed files will never stop happening.

iain
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