From: Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@...>
Date: 2007-06-19T17:19:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Check for text file

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On 6/19/07, Alin Popa <alin.popa@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi guys,
>
> After some research I still cannot find a way how to see if a file is
> plain text or binary. In fact I want to check if a file is plain text no
> matter what characters are in it.
> This thing may be possible by using ruby ?


If you can't use 'file' directly, you should look at it's source and see how
the detection works. I think CVS also detects text quite well.


Thanks,
>
> Alin
>
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>
>


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