I am designing a binary file format from scratch, and I would like to include some magic bytes at the beginning so that it can be identified easily. How do I go about choosing which bytes? I am not aware of any central registry of magic numbers, so is it just a matter of picking something fairly random that isn't already identified by, say, the file command on a nearby UNIX box?
Stay away from super-short magic numbers. Just because you're designing a binary format doesn't mean you can't use a text string for identifier. Follow that by an EOF char, and as an added bonus people who cat or type your binary file won't get a mangled terminal.
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