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Re: Numbered/Unnumbered File Detection
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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:59:59 EDT
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Gavin writes:

> Tracy writes:
>  > Is there a way to detected an unnumbered file versus
>  > a numbered file without opening it?
>
>  You can't even determine it by opening the file and reading the entire
>  thing.  One person's "numbers" may be another's "data".

Similarly, one man's fish may be another man's poisson.

Wirt Atmar

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