source: BOOK/final-system/common/file.xml@ 3401bc47

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<sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>

  <title>File-&file-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
    <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of
    a given file or files.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of File</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare File for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen os="e2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
    <title>Contents of File</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>file</seg>
        <seg>libmagic.[a,so]</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="file">
        <term><command>file</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
          several tests&mdash;file system tests, magic number tests, and
          language tests</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
            <primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libmagic">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
          <command>file</command> program</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic">
            <primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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