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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. <sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>file</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&file-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&file-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>File-&file-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
  16. <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given
  21. file or files.</para>
  22. <segmentedlist>
  23. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  24. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  25. <seglistitem>
  26. <seg>&file-fin-sbu;</seg>
  27. <seg>&file-fin-du;</seg>
  28. </seglistitem>
  29. </segmentedlist>
  30. </sect2>
  31. <sect2 role="installation">
  32. <title>Installation of File</title>
  33. <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
  34. <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
  35. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  36. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  37. <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  38. <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  39. <para>Install the package:</para>
  40. <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  41. </sect2>
  42. <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
  43. <title>Contents of File</title>
  44. <segmentedlist>
  45. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  46. <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  47. <seglistitem>
  48. <seg>file</seg>
  49. <seg>libmagic.so</seg>
  50. </seglistitem>
  51. </segmentedlist>
  52. <variablelist>
  53. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  54. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  55. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  56. <varlistentry id="file">
  57. <term><command>file</command></term>
  58. <listitem>
  59. <para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
  60. several tests&mdash;file system tests, magic number tests, and language
  61. tests</para>
  62. <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
  63. <primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
  64. </indexterm>
  65. </listitem>
  66. </varlistentry>
  67. <varlistentry id="libmagic">
  68. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
  69. <listitem>
  70. <para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
  71. <command>file</command> program</para>
  72. <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic">
  73. <primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary>
  74. </indexterm>
  75. </listitem>
  76. </varlistentry>
  77. </variablelist>
  78. </sect2>
  79. </sect1>