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This is essentially an online version of the unix 'file' utility that I hacked together quickly over the weekend (it actually uses 'file' on the backend). Ther
by abstractbill 17y ago
This is essentially an online version of the unix 'file' utility that I hacked together quickly over the weekend (it
actually uses 'file' on the backend).
There are many obvious directions I could potentially take this - for example improving recognition accuracy,
suggesting more programs and websites for working with each file type, providing in-page previews of files, etc, etc.
But before I do any of that, I thought I'd just get version 0.1 up and ask for some feedback. Any questions or
comments are very welcome. By the way, you need Flash (at least version 10) to make it work.
- dpapathanasiou 17y agoI tried it with an epub file before I read your comment about its mimicking the unix 'file' command, and was disappointed at the output. I'm in the process of writing a routine for checking the validity of epub files (i.e., to unzip the archive, make sure the required directory structure and xml is there, etc.), and at first glance, that's what I thought your app would be able to do.
- abstractbill 17y agoYup, that's what I meant by improving accuracy. Unix's 'file' is a good start, but it could definitely be improved on.
- dpapathanasiou 17y agoWell, in addition to epub, it would nice if it could validate other complex file structures, e.g. docx or any of the other OpenXML formats: http://openxmldeveloper.org/default.aspx http://openxmldeveloper.org/default.aspx