| Jeff Abrahamson on Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:40:09 +0200 |
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 09:16:11AM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 02:20:01PM +0200, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > File(1) says "data". > > Uck. > > What error message does ImageMagick give you? How 'bout xv(1)? > > Would you mind letting folks here (erm, me ;^>) play with the file? > (Or does that compromise the "figure it out yourself" part too? ;^>) No problem: <http://www.purple.com/image.bin>. IM says: display: no delegate for this image format (/home/jeff/public_html/purple/image.bin) Package xv has no installation candidate, says apt-get. So apt-get install xview-clients, but that's not it. Oh, well. It probably wouldn't have worked, anyway. ;-) > > Sorry, I should have said that. I also combed it with strings, perused > > it with emacs in fundamental and hexl modes, and googled on suspect > > strings. > > Are you sure the file isn't just damaged? (Have you considered > endian problems? Line-break problems?) Well, it was ftp'd from my old Mac two years ago to my linux box. I wouldn't expect much damage, though it's certainly possible. > > The first couple hundred bytes were all zeros. > > Ugh. Again, damaged? How about copying the file and blowing away all > the leading nulls, does that make it (more) readable? It still doesn't look like anything real to me. I look forward to your opinion(s). Mind you, this has become a matter of pride more than necessity, since my brother says he can open it and convert it to a different format. I like to think I can do most everything besides quicktime on my linux box. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> Attachment:
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