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

[Brian Medley]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:31:30PM -0700, James Bucanek wrote:

> >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.

$ file source_hdr02.exe
source_hdr02.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows

It appears that this UNIX utility knows more than just UNIX.

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