Re: Why file content sniffing sucks



Elliot Lee wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Fabio Gomes wrote:


File type determination by content is crap. It's a misfeature. It is completely unnecessary. Its benefits do not compensate its drawbacks:

The "right solution" might be to use file content as a fallback if the
file extension doesn't have a completely unambiguous meaning.
Personally, I think extension approaches suck.  Then again, I've been a 
UNIX guy for 25 years.  I think that maybe the file determination needs 
to be refined.
Actually, the best solution would be to support both and let the user 
choose.
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