[X-Unix] So what is a dmg file?

[James Bucanek]

Victor Eijkhout wrote on Wednesday, January 21, 2004:

>I know, disc image. But why
>
>[~/Downloads] %% file *.dmg
>CTVDPro_Beta-1.dmg:       VAX COFF executable not stripped - version 15409
>CTVDPro_Beta-2.dmg:       VAX COFF executable - version 16600
>CTVDPro_Beta.dmg:         VAX COFF executable
...

Why would you expect 'file' to know anything about Mac OS X specific file formats?  'file' is a UNIX utility.

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