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Does anyone have a magic file for Erlang?

April 26, 2017Erlang file magic

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Does anyone have a magic file for Erlang?

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Magic files are used on unix systems with a tool called “file” to identify files. Here’s an addition to /etc/magic which allows “file” to identify BEAM and JAM files. # OTP R3-R4 0 string \0177BEAM! Old Erlang BEAM file >6 short >0 – version %d # OTP R5 and onwards 0 string FOR1 >8 string BEAM Erlang BEAM file # 4.2 version may have a copyright notice!! 4 string Tue Jan 22 14:32:44 MET 1991 Erlang JAM file – version 4.2 79 string Tue Jan 22 14:32:44 MET 1991 Erlang JAM file – version 4.2 4 string 1.0 Fri Feb 3 09:55:56 MET 1995 Erlang JAM file – version 4.