From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 3 17:44:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8316156D2 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 17:44:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA94768; Mon, 3 May 1999 20:41:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 20:41:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Mike Smith Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux compat question In-Reply-To: <199905040037.RAA00888@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 3 May 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > Anyone know if linux apps use our own magic file, or if they look into > > /compat/linux/etc for a magic file? I'm trying to install word perfect, > > and I won't yet let it touch my FreeBSD magic file. > > > > Maybe, anyone have a recent Linux magic file? > > Our magic file already has Wordperfect documents in it. Just ignore > the option to frob the magic file. Ours lists ONE. Their's lists about 80 of them, so WP can recognize many of their subformats intelligently. I guess I could patch our magic to do that ... you have any idea if Word Perfect uses our file command, not one from /compat/linux/usr/bin? > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message