Added support for elf

Author: xbabka01

filetype/types/__init__.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     archive.Ar(),
     archive.Z(),
     archive.Lz(),
+    archive.Elf(),
 )
 
 # Expose supported type matchers

filetype/types/archive.py

@@ -513,3 +513,24 @@ def match(self, buf):
                 buf[1] == 0x5A and
                 buf[2] == 0x49 and
                 buf[3] == 0x50)
+
+
+class Elf(Type):
+    """
+    Implements the Elf archive type matcher
+    """
+    MIME = 'application/x-executable'
+    EXTENSION = 'elf'
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(Elf, self).__init__(
+            mime=Elf.MIME,
+            extension=Elf.EXTENSION
+        )
+
+    def match(self, buf):
+        return (len(buf) > 52 and
+                buf[0] == 0x7F and
+                buf[1] == 0x45 and
+                buf[2] == 0x4C and
+                buf[3] == 0x46)