Re: using libmagic in Emacs?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

address@hidden writes:

 > - We can probably have much fun debating what the interface should look
 >   like at the lisp level. Any ideas? 

I think the main interface should be just "file-magic", even if it's
not in file.el.  It's analogous to "file-attributes", etc.
"file-magic-file" sounds like it returns the magic file (file*s*
possible?) used.