Thinking out loud (re: file(1) plugins

[Ian Darwin]

Christos Zoulas wrote:

>| Using a hardcoded directory for the .so files is much more straight
>| forward when it comes to security.
>
>I agree with kim here. 
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Me three. /usr/{local/}libexec/file, probably.

>The file plugin idea is nice though. 
>
Thanks.

>BTW, the
>next thing I want to experiment with, is sorting the file magic entries.
>
>What I am considering is sorting them by magic "length" as the primary
>key and offset as the secondary.
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>
Sounds good.