chapter06/file.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>file</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&file-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&file-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>File-&file-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
  20     <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given
  27     file or files.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&file-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&file-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of File</title>
  43
  44     <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
  47
  48     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  51
  52     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  53
  54 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  55
  56     <para>Install the package:</para>
  57
  58 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  59
  60   </sect2>
  61
  62
  63   <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
  64     <title>Contents of File</title>
  65
  66     <segmentedlist>
  67       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  68       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  69
  70       <seglistitem>
  71         <seg>file</seg>
  72         <seg>libmagic.so</seg>
  73       </seglistitem>
  74     </segmentedlist>
  75
  76     <variablelist>
  77       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  78       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  79       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  80
  81       <varlistentry id="file">
  82         <term><command>file</command></term>
  83         <listitem>
  84           <para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
  85           several tests&mdash;file system tests, magic number tests, and language
  86           tests</para>
  87           <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
  88             <primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
  89           </indexterm>
  90         </listitem>
  91       </varlistentry>
  92
  93       <varlistentry id="libmagic">
  94         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
  95         <listitem>
  96           <para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
  97           <command>file</command> program</para>
  98           <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic">
  99             <primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary>
 100           </indexterm>
 101         </listitem>
 102       </varlistentry>
 103
 104     </variablelist>
 105
 106   </sect2>
 107
 108 </sect1>