is lib magic thread-safe?

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I've been searching around, trying to find an answer. I know that I can create multiple libmagic instances, one for each thread, and that is thread-safe. But can I have a single instance shared between multiple threads?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '12 at 07:24

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No, you cannot share libmagic handle/descriptor between two or more threads, in this sense libmagic is not threadsafe.

answered Jun 08 '12 at 07:24

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If I have a single handle/descriptor for each thread, am I okay? – vy32 Jun 09 '12 at 10:58

is lib magic thread-safe?

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