problems with file(1); ERROR: line 17801: softmagic.c, 481: format`, capture length %d)' does not ma

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    Mathias KÅ‘rber Guest

    I often get this issue with the 'file' command in Mountain Lion.

    Is anyone seeing the same?

    Is there a solution (maybe a new magic file to download somewhere)?
    I tried renaming /opt/local/share/misc/magic.mgc to
    /opt/local/share/misc/magic.mgc to have it re-processed from the source
    file, but
    no luck, the resulting file is just the same.

    There is a comment in the file(1) man page:

    133.log: ASCII text, with very long lines, with CRLF, CR, LF
    line terminators, with escape sequences, with overstriking
    133ipv6.cap: ERROR: line 17801: softmagic.c, 481: format `, capture
    length %d)' does not match with `%lu'
    133ipv6.cap.txt: ERROR: line 17801: softmagic.c, 481: format `, capture
    length %d)' does not match with `%lu'

    anyone have a clue?

    thanks
    Mathias
     
    Mathias KÅ‘rber, May 6, 2014
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    Michael Vilain Guest

    /opt is not used by MacOS software. It's proably part of either MacPort
    or Homebrew. In which case you should contact them to find out what the
    fix is.
     
    Michael Vilain, May 6, 2014
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