How can I tell in Java if a file is ASCII (it contains only ASCII characters) or binary ? I mean is there another method without checking the entire content of the file ? --gica
Fred Hosch
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well, in the unix world there's a magic number at the start of the file that you can check. (man magic). god only knows what things look like in the devil's workshop. ------------------ Fred Hosch Author of: An Introduction to Software Construction with Java
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As far as I know there is no way to determine the encoding method used for a particular file.
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