[Bug 262278] file(1) fails to identify a JAR file
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Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:39:29 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262278 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |emaste@freebsd.org --- Comment #1 from Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> --- JAR files are in fact ZIP files, just with special metadata. libmagic's JAR detection was added here: https://github.com/file/file/commit/e45cd303713418af058361f5711a768550e1c867 JAR files often have 0xcafe at a specific location in the ZIP file and libmagic keys on this, but it is not required, and the file you've linked does not have this field. Useful links: https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6211008 https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6808540 This should probably be reported/discussed at http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.