On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 07:13:22AM -0500, Bob McConnell wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > >On Saturday 31 October 2009 21:29, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > >>On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Nigel Henry > >> > >><cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>I was trying to read an online tool catalogue, and noticed a PDF button > >>>at the bottom of the webpage. Clicked on it, and it opened the dialog box > >>>to download. What has been downloaded though is a .php script (27.3MB). > >>> > >>>The properties shows that it contains a pdf document, but I've no idea > >>>how to run it, open it, or whatever needs to be done, to get to see the > >>>PDF. > >>> > >>>Any suggestions folks. > >>> > >>>Nigel. > >> > >>Try to rename it: > >> > >>mv FILE_NAME.php FILE_NAME.pdf > >> > >>and open it with Evince > >> > > > >Renaming it has done the job, and it has opened with no problems. > > > >Many thanks. > > > >Nigel. > > There is a simple way to check a file to see if it really is a pdf. Open > it in a text editor. If the first four characters are '%pdf', then it is > safe to rename it. On unix-like systems the offical method is to do: file filename see "man file". > These first four bytes are the magic number in Unix based systems. This > is a much more reliable and flexible way to mark files with a type than > the extensions used by Microsoft. I believe the 'type' command will also > tell you what this marker means. i.e. 'type FILE_NAME.php'. > > Bob McConnell > N2SPP > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) ----------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
