--- magic/Magdir/java.orig	2004-08-06 14:26:50.000000000 -0700
+++ magic/Magdir/java	2004-08-06 14:26:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # Java ByteCode
 # From Larry Schwimmer (schwim@cs.stanford.edu)
-0	belong		0xcafebabe	compiled Java class data,
->6	beshort x	version %d.
->4	beshort x	\b%d
+#
+# The Java magic number is the same as the Mach-O fat file magic number.
+# To make the file(1) command work with both, the Java Bytecode magic was
+# merged with the Mach-O magic in the file mach.
+#
+#0	belong		0xcafebabe	compiled Java class data,
+#>6	beshort x	version %d.
+#>4	beshort x	\b%d
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # Java serialization
 # From Martin Pool (m.pool@pharos.com.au)