file/magic/Magdir/r

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# $File: r,v 1.1 2025/02/10 17:48:42 christos Exp $
#    file(1) magic for R's RDS and RData file formats
#    Copyright (C) 2025 Gert Hulselmans <hulselmansgert@gmail.com>
#
#    URLS:
#      https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-ints.html#Serialization-Formats
#      https://rdata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/rdata/parser/_parser.html
#
#    Example files:
#      https://github.com/vnmabus/rdata/tree/develop/rdata/tests/data
#
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# RDS format
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0	name	RDS
# Check for RDS ASCII formats.
>0	string	A\n2\n	R RDS (ASCII format v2)
>0	string	A\n3\n	R RDS (ASCII format v3)
>0	string	A\r\n2\r\n	R RDS (ASCII CRLF format v2)
>0	string	A\r\n3\r\n	R RDS (ASCII CRLF format v3)
# Check for RDS binary formats with native word order.
>0	string	B\n\0\0\0	R RDS (Native (big-endian) word order format
>>0	use RDS_binary_version_info
>0	string	B\n\2\0\0	R RDS (Native (little-endian) word order format
>>0	use ^RDS_binary_version_info
>0	string	B\n\3\0\0	R RDS (Native (little-endian) word order format
>>0	use ^RDS_binary_version_info
# Check for RDS XDR binary save format.
>0	string	X\n\0\0\0	R RDS (XDR binary save format
>>0	use RDS_binary_version_info


# Parse version numbers from RDS if it was one of the binary versions.
0	name	RDS_binary_version_info
>2	belong	>-1	v%d)
>6	beshort	>-1	\b, written by R v%d.
>8	byte	>-1	\b%d.
>9	byte	>-1	\b%d
>10	beshort	>-1	\b, readable from R v%d.
>12	byte	>-1	\b%d.
>13	byte	>-1	\b%d
>2	belong	>2
>>14	pstring/L	x	\b, %s encoded


# Check if file is one of the RDS ASCII formats.
0	string	A
>0	use RDS	not_printed
!:ext	rds

# Check if file is RDS binary native format.
0	string	B
>0	use RDS	not_printed
!:ext	rds

# Check if file is RDS XDR binary save format.
0	string	X
>0	use RDS	not_printed
!:ext	rds


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# RData file formats: magic bytes followed by RDS container.
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0	string	RDA2\n	R RData version 2 (ASCII),
!:ext	rda/rdata
>5	use	RDS

0	string	RDA3\n	R RData version 3 (ASCII),
!:ext	rda/rdata
>5	use	RDS

0	string	RDX2\n	R RData version 2 (binary),
!:ext	rda/rdata
>5	use	RDS

0	string	RDX3\n	R RData version 3 (binary),
!:ext	rda/rdata
>5	use	RDS