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minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago“Magic bytes”? We just called them headers, back in my day (even if sometimes they are at the end of the file)
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe library that handles it is literally called “libmagic”. I’d guess the phrase “magic bytes” comes from the programming concept of a magic number?
“Magic bytes”? We just called them headers, back in my day (even if sometimes they are at the end of the file)
The library that handles it is literally called “libmagic”. I’d guess the phrase “magic bytes” comes from the programming concept of a magic number?