Thanks for the wiki link Charles. That may give us just what we need.

Mike

On 9/25/2015 8:31 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:
Not really...

Certain files have signatures you could try to use, but that's no guarantee
as stream files, unlike IBM i objects don't have an enforced type.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures

The application storing the blob should be storing some indication of what
the blob is.

Particularly since it's apparently storing multiple types.

Charles






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