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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
10
11  <title>File-&file-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
14    <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of
21    a given file or files.</para>
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of File</title>
27
28    <para os="a">Prepare File for compilation:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
31
32    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
33
34<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
35
36    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
37
38    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
39
40<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
41
42  </sect2>
43
44  <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
45    <title>Contents of File</title>
46
47    <segmentedlist>
48      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
49      <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
50
51      <seglistitem>
52        <seg>file</seg>
53        <seg>libmagic.[a,so]</seg>
54      </seglistitem>
55    </segmentedlist>
56
57    <variablelist>
58      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
59      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
60      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
61
62      <varlistentry id="file">
63        <term><command>file</command></term>
64        <listitem>
65          <para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
66          several tests&mdash;file system tests, magic number tests, and
67          language tests</para>
68          <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
69            <primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
70          </indexterm>
71        </listitem>
72      </varlistentry>
73
74      <varlistentry id="libmagic">
75        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
76        <listitem>
77          <para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
78          <command>file</command> program</para>
79          <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic">
80            <primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary>
81          </indexterm>
82        </listitem>
83      </varlistentry>
84
85    </variablelist>
86
87  </sect2>
88
89</sect1>
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