How do I read .pag files

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Re: How do I read .pag files by haukex (Archbishop) on Apr 12, 2017 at 08:15 UTC
I have a .pag file and I need to know what is the data it is storing, what is the the format of data. According to Google this file extension is associated with at least six different programs/formats. Since we can't see your file, you'll have to do some investigating yourself. Do you have any idea who generated this file (ask them!), and with what software? If you really don't know, and you happen to be on a *NIX system, try these two commands: `file FILENAME` and `hexdump -C FILENAME \| head` to get some hints as to what it might be.	[reply]
Re: How do I read .pag files by hippo (Archbishop) on Apr 12, 2017 at 08:33 UTC
File::Type is designed for precisely this purpose.	[reply]
Re^2: How do I read .pag files by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 12, 2017 at 08:36 UTC
Thank you! I misunderstood the original question. There also are other modules to determine the type of a file, File::MMagic, File::MimeInfo and MIME::Detect.	[reply]
Re: How do I read .pag files by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 12, 2017 at 08:11 UTC
Various programs use the .pag extension for several different types of files. Be specific. How do I post a question effectively?	[reply]
Re: How do I read .pag files by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 12, 2017 at 08:24 UTC
Often a `.pag` file comes together with an ~~`.idx`~~ `.dir` file if it is a BerkeleyDB file. See DB_File. In general, you will have to hope that your Perl has the same version of BerkeleyDB as the generating program.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do I read .pag files by sachinz2 (Acolyte) on Apr 12, 2017 at 11:10 UTC
file FILENAME is giving 'data' as an output hexdump -C FILENAME \| head gave no result What I was able to gather from Web is that , It .pag is a file format created by Activestate perl distribution Also, In my case, the file is being read/write using IO.pm .. so yes it is being created by a perl program Hope this helps, I cannot provide a code(not allowed to) Thanks & Regards	[reply]
Re^2: How do I read .pag files by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 12, 2017 at 11:15 UTC
A web search for "ActiveState pag" returns this which may be of interest, the remainder of the results don't look useful. Consider contacting ActiveState?	[reply]
Re^2: How do I read .pag files by Anonymous Monk on Apr 12, 2017 at 11:26 UTC
file FILENAME is giving 'data' as an output hexdump -C FILENAME \| head gave no result "file" would say "empty" if the file was empty, so hexdump must have generated output. What does the output of hexdump look like?	[reply]
Re^3: How do I read .pag files by sachinz2 (Acolyte) on Apr 12, 2017 at 11:35 UTC
`$file filename.state.pag filename.state.pag: data` [download] `$hexdump -C filename.state.pag hexdump: filename.state.pag: No such file or directory hexdump: filename.state.pag: Bad file descriptor` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How do I read .pag files by huck (Prior) on Apr 12, 2017 at 11:58 UTC
Re^5: How do I read .pag files by sachinz2 (Acolyte) on Apr 26, 2017 at 09:06 UTC