PROBE (1996) by Richard Mewett
PROBE identifies files by examaning their structure and logs the results in a file for later access.

This is an early release and is still undergoing testing. Many more file- types will be added to the full release.

FTYPE is based upon FileInfo (c)1993 for the Amiga, by the same author.

Primary recognition
47 different filetypes are currently recognised.

-Database/Spreadsheet (9)

• DBASE III/IV Data
• DBASE II Data
• DIF Data
• Excel-5 Data (Windows)
• Excel-5 Worksheet (Windows)
• Excel-4 Data
• Excel-3 Data
• Excel-2.1 Data
• Windows Cardfile

-Graphics (17)

• AVI Video Format
• 16 Colour Bitmap
• 256 Colour Bitmap
• 24 Bit Colour Bitmap
• Bitmap
• IFF (Amiga)
• GIF Version 87a
• GIF Version 89a
• JPEG (JFIF)
• OS2 Bitmap
• PCX
• Raster
• RAW
• RLE Bitmap
• RGB Bitmap
• Tagged Image Format
• Targa

-Miscellaneous (8)

• DOS Applications
• QuickBasic Binary
• QuickBasic Library
• QuickBasic Quick Library
• Windows Applications
• Windows Multimedia
• WordPerfect files
• Windows Meta File

-Music (4)

• Midi Sequencer
• Creative Music Format
• Creative Voice Format
• WAVE Music Format

-Text (4)

• ASCII
• MS-DOS Hypertext
• Rich Text Format
• Windows Hypertext

-WordProcessor (5)

• Word (DOS)
• Word-6 (Windows)
• Word-2 (Windows)
• Word (Macintosh)
• Windows Write

Secondary recognition
26 different filetypes are currently recognised.

• Application Module
• Batch Program
• Clip Board File
• Command File
• Configuration File
• Enhanced System File
• Font Data
• Graphics Filter
• Language File
• MS Backup Files
• Program Information File
• PKZIP compressed
• Quicken Data File
• Quicken-5 Data File
• Quicken Dictionary File
• Quicken Index File
• Quicken Interchange Format
• Quicken Memo File
• Quicken Supplemental File
• Screensaver Module
• System Driver
• System File
• Temporary File
• Virtual Memory File
• Windows Group
• Word Template