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#698 mimetype, filetype result empty for text files
modules/fumagic/filetypes.test
- tcltest 2.2.8
- fileutil::magic::filetype 1.0
- fileutil::magic::rt 1.0
==== fumagic.filetype-1.2 test file directory FAILED
==== Contents of test case:
set f [file join $dir fileTypeTest]
set res [catch {fileutil::magic::filetype $f} msg]
regsub {file[0-9]+} $msg {fileXXX} msg
list $res $msg
---- Result was:
0 {}
---- Result should have been (exact matching):
1 {error reading "fileXXX": illegal operation on a
directory}
==== fumagic.filetype-1.2 FAILED
modules/fumagic/mimetypes.test
- tcltest 2.2.8
- fileutil::magic::mimetype 1.0
- fileutil::magic::rt 1.0
==== fumagic.mimetype-1.2 test file directory FAILED
==== Contents of test case:
set f [file join $dir fileTypeTest]
set res [catch {fileutil::magic::mimetype $f} msg]
regsub {file[0-9]+} $msg {fileXXX} msg
list $res $msg
---- Result was:
0 {}
---- Result should have been (exact matching):
1 {error reading "fileXXX": illegal operation on a
directory}
In fact, trying to apply to a text file, such as
/var/log/messages or /COPYRIGHT returns nothing --
[rt::resultv] seems to be an empty list.
Using the procedure on some other things -- like
picture files -- seems to work, however.
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The directory failures seem to be BSD specific. Solaris
could have them too, as that allows to read a directory is
if it were a file.
Regarding /var/log/messages, what user were you ? IIRC this
file is usually read-only root, i.e. unaccessible to anybody
else. Right now I have now idea how fumagic will react if it
doesn't have the permissions to read a file. You could try
to make readable copies of messages and COPYRIGHT and try to
get results for that.
Have you also tried it on other text files, not only pictures ?
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file(1), when applied to a directory responds with
"directory" -- try `file /' on any system.
/var/log/message is readable to all on my system and
yes, I did try other text file (/COPYRIGHT, for example).
file(1) works properly:
% file /COPYRIGHT
/COPYRIGHT: ASCII English text
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still fail in
- tcllib::testutils 1.1
- fileutil::magic::rt 1.0
* fileutil::magic::filetype 1.0.1
(tcllib-1.9-rc1)
on Solaris 9
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Fixed the test failures. Committed to head.
Nothing done yet regarding /var/log/messages, copyright, etc.