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8 <sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
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12 <productname>file</productname>
13 <productnumber>&file-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&file-url;</address>
17 <title>File-&file-version;</title>
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
20 <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
23 <sect2 role="package">
26 <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
34 <seg>&file-ch6-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&file-ch6-du;</seg>
41 <sect2 role="installation">
42 <title>Installation of File</title>
44 <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
46 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
48 <para>Compile the package:</para>
50 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
52 <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
54 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
56 <para>Install the package:</para>
58 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
63 <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
64 <title>Contents of File</title>
67 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
68 <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
72 <seg>libmagic.{a,so}</seg>
77 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
78 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
79 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
81 <varlistentry id="file">
82 <term><command>file</command></term>
84 <para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
85 several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and language
87 <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
88 <primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
93 <varlistentry id="libmagic">
94 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
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>