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