[Bf-committers] .blend magic number & MIME type

[Dalai Felinto]

Hi,
> so, a .blend can be gzipped and still called a .blend then?
>  if so, how common is this?
It's still a .blend file and it's quite common.

If that helps:
default Blender (2.5) file: http://www.pasteall.org/blend/5611
default Blender (2.5) file gzip: http://www.pasteall.org/blend/5612

---
Dalai

2011/3/17 Jeff Harmon <jharmon at colorhythm.com>:
>  thanks!!  so, a .blend can be gzipped and still called a .blend then?
>  if so, how common is this?  i looked at the link for the answer and did
>  not find it; thx for much for your energy and time!  we are working had
>  to support blender files.
>
>  -J
>
>  On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:23:39 -0400, j.bakker at atmind.nl wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> see
>> http://www.blender.org/development/architecture/blender-file-format/
>>
>> the first seven characters are always "BLENDER" for uncompressed
>> blend
>> files, but the file could be gzip-compressed, and then the first 7
>> characters will be different.
>>
>> Jeroen
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