Determine file type (binary or text)

[Peter Hansen]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> In article <3F3A8275.8B6EE8C4 at engcorp.com>, Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> > "Contains only printable characters" is probably a more useful definition
> > of text in many cases.
> 
> The definition of "printable" is dependent on the character
> set, that will have to be specified.

That's why I said "printable (in ASCII)" in another message, so I 
definitely agree.  The problem was rather under-specified. :-)