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Detect executable files

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.exe isn’t the only executable format out there, and there’s no fixed list, but the information is available in the file’s metadata, so Files should be able to detect it.

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  • State:closed
  • Created 4 years ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:10 (7 by maintainers)

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takase1121commented, Dec 21, 2019

I think the app should look for the magic sequence of the executables(for those who had it like PE) instead of relying of the file extension

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yaira2commented, Feb 13, 2020

You can download v0.7.0 here.

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