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diff --git a/python/python3-puremagic/README b/python/python3-puremagic/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1835595d3e --- /dev/null +++ b/python/python3-puremagic/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +puremagic is a pure python module that will identify a file based off +it's magic numbers. + +It is designed to be minimalistic and inherently cross platform +compatible. It is also designed to be a stand in for python-magic, it +incorporates the functions from_file(filename[, mime]) and +from_string(string[, mime]) however the magic_file() and magic_string() +are more powerful and will also display confidence and duplicate +matches. + +It does NOT try to match files off non-magic string. In other words it +will not search for a string within a certain window of bytes like +others might. + +Advantages over using a wrapper for 'file' or 'libmagic': + * Faster + * Lightweight + * Cross platform compatible + * No dependencies + +Disadvantages: + * Does not have as many file types + * No multilingual comments + * Duplications due to small or reused magic numbers |