Foremost custom file type not accepted by -t argument
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I'm trying to recover a deleted file on an ext3 file system using the foremost utility.  The file I want to recover is a hpp C++ source code file.  However, foremost does not automatically support the hpp file extension, so I have to add it to the config file.  So, following the instructions on the man page, I add the following line to the config file:
hpp n 50000 include include ASCII
Then I run foremost as follows:
$foremost -v -T -t hpp -i /dev/md0 -o /home/recover/
Instead of doing anything, it just displays the help message.  If I change the hpp to htm or jpg, it works.  So apparently foremost isn't accepting the custom file type I added into the config file.  But I've looked over this dozens of times now, and I can't see what I'm doing wrong.  I'm following the instructions exactly.  Why doesn't foremost recognize the new file type I added to the config file?
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