Re: [info-performer] bad magic in image file

From: Nigel Jenkins (nigel++at++nebulus-design.co.uk)
Date: 08/07/2003 05:40:31

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Hi Rebecca,

Rebecca Lim wrote:
>> I get this error message when I tried to load a pfb
>> file.
>>
>> iopen: bad magic in image file ffd8
>> Does anybody knows the reason?

Yep its a JPEG file!

The magic number is a the two bytes at the start of the file (its a
short), looking at any .rgb file shows a magic number of 0x01DA (0732
octal), but a jpeg file has a 0xffd8 magic number.

Try loading the file in xv or gimp and re-saving as an SGI rgb file.

The command 'file' should tell you what the file contains and its clever
enough to ignore the filename extension and look a little deeper into
the data...

hope this help fix your problem.

cheers

Nigel

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