Comments on: Leopard ‘file’ command oddity http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/ On Mac OS X programming Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:58:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mr_noodle http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11183 mr_noodle Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:38:37 +0000 http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11183 Tim: Ah, now it finally makes sense. I'm still grumbling but at least I know it's not arbitrary. Updating the post with the explanation. Tim: Ah, now it finally makes sense. I’m still grumbling but at least I know it’s not arbitrary. Updating the post with the explanation.

]]> By: Tim Buchheim http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11182 Tim Buchheim Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:18:16 +0000 http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11182 Leopard complies with the Single Unix Specification, version 3. The SUS specification for file(1) says that -i should do what Leopard's does. See the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(Unix) Leopard complies with the Single Unix Specification, version 3. The SUS specification for file(1) says that -i should do what Leopard’s does.

See the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(Unix)

]]> By: Ankur http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11180 Ankur Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:32:29 +0000 http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2008/01/02/leopard-file-command-oddity/#comment-11180 Apple's "improvements" to <code>file</code> caused a lot of headache for me as well. They changed Mach-O "fat file" to report as "universal binary". Apple’s “improvements” to file caused a lot of headache for me as well. They changed Mach-O “fat file” to report as “universal binary”.

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