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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000702 | file | General | public | 2025-12-14 18:13 | 2026-02-05 19:00 |
| Reporter | nadim | Assigned To | christos | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | linux | ||||
| Product Version | 5.46 | ||||
| Summary | 0000702: strength 77,500 losing to strength 110 | ||||
| Description | I have a tar file to which a magic string is appended, only way I know of having a magic with reproducible offset I can't seem to be able to create a magic file which will display my type for the modified tarball | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | file untitled_document.asciios -m asciio_project.magic | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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asciio_project.magic (141 bytes)
257 string ustar >-28 string application/x-asciio-project , Asciio diagram project file !:strength * 250 !:mime application/x-asciio-project |
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this is because tar is checked before softmagic: [1:59pm] 156>file -e tar -m asciio_project.magic untitled_document.asciios untitled_document.asciios: , Asciio diagram project file [1:59pm] 157>file -k -m asciio_project.magic untitled_document.asciios untitled_document.asciios: POSIX tar archive\012- , Asciio diagram project file\012- data |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-14 18:13 | nadim | New Issue | |
| 2025-12-14 18:13 | nadim | File Added: asciio_project.magic | |
| 2025-12-14 18:13 | nadim | File Added: untitled_document.asciios | |
| 2026-02-05 19:00 | christos | Assigned To | => christos |
| 2026-02-05 19:00 | christos | Status | new => assigned |
| 2026-02-05 19:00 | christos | Status | assigned => feedback |
| 2026-02-05 19:00 | christos | Note Added: 0004341 |
