Re: sox vs libmagic

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On Sep 18 02:51:47, fmiser@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Would anyone miss the libmagic functionality
> > if it was removed from SoX?
> 
> I build it with libmagic.  But I don't know how often it uses it.

Almost never, I would think.

> Is there a reason to take it out?

I think it's dead wood (and a security concern too).

> If you don't want it you can build it without it

I do.

> Otherwise, it seems to me using a files magic number
> is good way to deal with missing or wrong extensions.

How many audio files with missing or wrong extensions
have you processed in the last year?

	Jan

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