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BiBTeX files are source files that are created by people using text editors, not created by software. As such, they cannot be guaranteed to contain any particular byte signature.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> biblio <biblio-bounces+selinger=mathstat.dal.ca@tug.org> on behalf of Phelps, Kathryn via biblio <biblio@tug.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> November 7, 2023 8:04 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [biblio] Bibtex internal bytes</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">I work on the file format registry PRONOM, and we’re trying to refine our signature for the Bibtex file, because at present it clashes with some other widely used file
formats. We’ve noticed that some files contain the bytes for ‘BiBTeX’ or BiBTeX Database for’, and I wonder if anyone knows if these are produced by certain iterations of Bibtex only? Basically, when the bytes for ‘Bibtex’ will and won’t be present in a Bibtex
file.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">Any advice would be much appreciated. Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">Kathryn Phelps</span></p>
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