%general-entities; ]> File-&file-version; File <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 The following patch will fix an issue due to utf-8 with file on documents: patch -Np1 -i ../&file-fixes-patch; The following patch will add support for new compressors like XZ Utils: patch -Np1 -i ../&file-new_compressors-patch; Prepare File for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make install Contents of File Installed programs Installed library file libmagic.[a,so] Short Descriptions file Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests file libmagic Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the file program libmagic