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TODO over of the next year ;-)
- English documentation
we working on it, but we need help !!!!!!!
the wikisite from Berlios are outsourced to
http://ext4magic.sourceforge.net/ext4magic_en.html
Current stat 09.2014: does not look nice, but is informative
- the development in the file-project has negative implications for the quality of the magic function
file-5.04 ---> file-5.19 tests reached a negative recovery result of 5% and more
ext4magic need a own privat magic database in the future
the interface is integrated by ext4magic-0.3.2
for first experiments http://ext4magic.sourceforge.net/magic-pattern-interface.html
Current stat 09.2014: open
- the new Magic-function for ext3
old 0.2.x function is very slow and inaccurate
and is not compatible with the Magic-functions of the ext4 in 0.3.x
a support for both file systems is complex and expensive
Current stat 09.2014: postpone
- better support for source code and other text files
"file" can not detect the text file type if a long comment at begin of the file
therefore the Magic-function recovers not all
shell example : for a possibility solution approach
# file -i ext4magic.c
ext4magic.c: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
# sed '1,/^$/d' ext4magic.c | file -i -
/dev/stdin: text/x-c; charset=us-ascii
Current stat 09.2014: new libmagic version eliminated the problem.
Changes within ext4magic therefore, not required
- ext4 : with the Magic-function it should be possible to recover also some file types
if the deleted file has existed with 2 to 4 extents
the conditions and preparations are already included
the possible individual extents are already collected in the database
a function is needed to find out and check the correct order
Current stat 09.2014: open
Currently known issues
- on big-endian the crtime and deleted directory entry not correct if use the
real libfunction for read the inode.
- The modified version to read the journal inode works. BUG:#017304 ; #017304
- libmagic file-5.05 crushed some video/audio formats to postscript trash
- libmagic file-5.17 many segfaults, not usable for the magic-function of ext4magic