Bug 221202 - unexpected results from the "file" command
Summary: unexpected results from the "file" command
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 221201
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: fileutils
Version: 4.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact:
URL: http://www.1mage.com
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-01-02 22:32 UTC by Peter Anderson
Modified: 2007-11-17 01:14 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-01-03 12:02:45 UTC
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text file that generates spurious output from "file" command (59 bytes, text/plain)
2007-01-02 22:32 UTC, Peter Anderson
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Description Peter Anderson 2007-01-02 22:32:11 UTC
Description of problem:
Executing the "file" command against purely ASCII text files returns a variety 
of spurious results.  Some files return:

file1: sticky Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12330 x 11830, 16707 images in file
or
send.to.lqm: Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12320 x 11830, 16707 images in file
or
file3: 
svm.ics: PC icon data

The "send.to.lqm" file (attached) is only 59 characters long but the "file" 
command thinks that it is an image file 12320 x 11830 with 16707 images!?!

Files are ASCII text with carriage-return/line-feed delimeters and some contain 
a Top-of-form character (012).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Advanced Server 4 (Nahant Update 4)
Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp on an i686

The file command, when executed as "file -v" returns
file-4.10
magic file from /usr/share/file/magic


How reproducible:
execute "file" against the attached file


Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute "file" against the attached file
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
send.to.lqm: Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12320 x 11830, 16707 images in file


Expected results:
send.to.lqm: ASCII text

Additional info:

Comment 1 Peter Anderson 2007-01-02 22:32:11 UTC
Created attachment 144671 [details]
text file that generates spurious output from "file" command

Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2007-01-03 12:02:45 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 221201 ***


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