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authorChristos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>2016-10-19 20:52:45 +0000
committerChristos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>2016-10-19 20:52:45 +0000
commit1d7ecf11937305da6b7503916778ad1071e1bb6e (patch)
treeecde3c618d68768cffd9d793bdbf0413de06aef8
parentd711a5a3b366c4e105d748350eee8c40e82f366e (diff)
downloadfile-git-1d7ecf11937305da6b7503916778ad1071e1bb6e.tar.gz
explain that elf magic is only consulted after softmagic.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man
index 4f160e7a..94174c45 100644
--- a/doc/file.man
+++ b/doc/file.man
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $File: file.man,v 1.123 2016/06/30 14:50:55 christos Exp $
-.Dd June 20, 2016
+.\" $File: file.man,v 1.124 2016/10/19 20:52:45 christos Exp $
+.Dd October 19, 2016
.Dt FILE __CSECTION__
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ Prints details of Compound Document Files.
.It compress
Checks for, and looks inside, compressed files.
.It elf
-Prints ELF file details.
+Prints ELF file details, provided soft magic tests are enabled and the
+elf magic is found.
.It soft
Consults magic files.
.It tar