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Re: How to determine if file is binary or text?

From GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: How to determine if file is binary or text?
Date 2017-06-08 00:23 +0200
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 18:14:32 -0400
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

> validate file inputs to my program.
> 
> If someone tries to pass a binary file I want to sniff it out.

Isn't it enough to check the file extension and signature? Do you assume the
user is exceptionally dumb to feed your program with incompatible files?

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How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-07 14:40 -0400
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 20:46 +0200
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-07 19:58 +0100
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-07 19:05 +0000
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-07 12:10 -0700
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-07 16:25 -0400
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-06-07 21:44 +0000
    Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-07 18:14 -0400
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-06-08 00:23 +0200
        Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-06-08 00:11 -0500
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-06-08 15:14 +0200
            Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-06-08 11:06 -0500
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-06-17 18:28 +0000
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-07 23:30 +0100
        Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-07 20:26 -0400
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-08 01:30 +0100
            Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-07 23:50 -0400
              Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2017-06-08 02:13 -0700
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2017-06-08 04:05 -0700
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-08 09:21 -0400
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-08 14:19 +0000
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-08 12:07 -0400
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-08 16:14 +0000
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-08 12:37 -0400
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-08 16:54 +0000
                Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-08 13:14 -0400
                An old version of what??? (Was: How to determine if file is binary or text?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-06-09 17:13 +0000
              Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-08 11:15 +0100
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-08 12:49 +0000
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-06-08 14:01 +0000
          Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Michael Forsythe <forsythe@example.com> - 2017-06-08 15:33 +0000
            Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-08 18:43 -0400
              Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-06-09 08:46 +0200
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-07 19:23 -0400
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-06-07 16:50 -0700
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-06-08 15:51 +0200
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-06-07 17:17 -0600
    Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-07 19:21 -0700
      Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-06-07 21:37 -0600
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-06-08 08:40 +0200
  Re: How to determine if file is binary or text? gordonb.t9rom@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-06-08 12:03 -0500

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