>Why would you expect 'file' to know anything about Mac OS X specific >file formats? 'file' is a UNIX utility. I would at least expect it to report the same about all dmg files. -- Victor Eijkhout <eijkhout at cs.utk.edu>, 329 Claxton, Comp Sci, UT, Knoxville TN 37996. tel: 865 974 9308 (W), 865 673 6998 (H), 865 974 8296 (F) http://www.cs.utk.edu/~eijkhout/