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| author | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-06-30 13:23:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-06-30 13:23:16 +0000 |
| commit | d36221258c70292960ef19403b64241e10e30206 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d2f27effd1c897a6056dff4725e0ce7c3bd0f3e /README | |
| parent | 8c95d4d9c6bac900b54027f6f25f69456e3c9b1c (diff) | |
| download | file-git-d36221258c70292960ef19403b64241e10e30206.tar.gz | |
Version number is 1.5
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@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ ** README for file(1) Command ** -@(#) $Header: /home/glen/git/file/cvs/file/README,v 1.12 1992/05/21 16:21:33 ian Exp $ +@(#) $Id: README,v 1.13 1992/06/30 13:23:16 ian Exp $ -This is Release 1.2 of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) file(1) -command. It follows the USG (Sys V) model of the file command, rather than -the Research (V7) version or the V7-derived Berkeley one. That is, there is -a file (/etc/magic) that contains much of the ritual information that is the -source of this program's power. It knows a little more magic (including tar -archives) than System V; the /etc/magic parsing seems to be compatible with -the (poorly documented) System V /etc/magic format (with one exception; see -the man page). +This is Release 1.5 of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) +file(1) command. It follows the USG (Sys V) model of the file command, +rather than the Research (V7) version or the V7-derived 4.[23] Berkeley +one. That is, the file /etc/magic contains much of the ritual +information that is the source of this program's power. My version +knows a little more magic (including tar archives) than System V; the +/etc/magic parsing seems to be compatible with the (poorly documented) +System V /etc/magic format (with one exception; see the man page). In addition, the /etc/magic file is built from a subdirectory for easier maintenance. I will act as a clearinghouse for magic numbers assigned to all sorts of data files that are in reasonable circulation. Send your magic numbers, -in magic(4) format please, to the author, Ian Darwin, +in magic(4) format please, to the author, Ian Darwin. LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first. README - read this second (you are currently reading this file). @@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ Palgrave, Ontario L0N 1P0 Canada E-mail: darwin@cs.toronto.edu + ian@sq.com utzoo!ian ian@darwin.uucp - uunet!sq!ian. + uunet!sq!ian Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. |