Re: MARC Magic for file

From: Kyle Banerjee <banerjek_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 15:16:47 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Ford, Kevin <kefo_at_loc.gov> wrote:

> I finally had occasion today (read: remembered) to see if the *nix "file"
> command would recognize a MARC record file.  I haven't tested extensively,
> but it did identify the file as MARC21 Bibliographic record.  It also
> correctly identified a MARC21 Authority Record.  I'm running the most
> recent version of Ubuntu (12.04 - precise pangolin).
>

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry that it's a sign of progress that a 40
year old utility designed to identify file types is now just beginning to
be able to recognize a format that's been around for almost 50 years...

kyle
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Received on Wed May 23 2012 - 18:18:53 EDT