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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000227 | file | General | public | 2021-01-13 16:08 | 2021-02-05 22:08 |
| Reporter | mb720 | Assigned To | christos | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | text | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 5.39 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 5.40 | ||||
| Summary | 0000227: Missing word in man page | ||||
| Description | In the "Description" part of the man page it reads: >The concept of a “magic” has been applied by extension to data files. I think it should read: >The concept of a “magic number” has been applied by extension to data files. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Rather than "magic number", I would use "magic marker" here. There are not always numbers, but alpha-numeric instances. |
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Here's a simple patch file.man.patch (534 bytes)
diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man index 761a51cf..90129c8c 100644 --- a/doc/file.man +++ b/doc/file.man @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ operating system that the file is a binary executable, and which of several types thereof. The concept of a .Dq magic -has been applied by extension to data files. +marker has been applied by extension to data files. Any file with some invariant identifier at a small fixed offset into the file can usually be described in this way. The information identifying these files is read from the compiled |
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Well, magic number is a technical term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming) At machine level everything is a number ;-) |
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Fixed, thanks! |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2021-01-13 16:08 | mb720 | New Issue | |
| 2021-01-13 17:14 | catull | Note Added: 0003525 | |
| 2021-01-13 17:24 | catull | Tag Attached: patch | |
| 2021-01-13 17:24 | catull | Tag Detached: patch | |
| 2021-01-13 17:25 | catull | File Added: file.man.patch | |
| 2021-01-13 17:25 | catull | Note Added: 0003526 | |
| 2021-01-14 12:52 | polluks | Note Added: 0003527 | |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Assigned To | => christos |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Status | new => assigned |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Fixed in Version | => 5.40 |
| 2021-02-05 22:08 | christos | Note Added: 0003540 |
