Search a data block for magic MIME identifiers and try to recover the found data using file type specific header information.

Currently recovers audio and video files best, but also recognizes PDFs and other file types.

New recipes for even more filetypes as well as contributors are welcome !

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Intended Audience

System Administrators

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Data Formats Software, Python Data Recovery Software

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2012-01-22