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| author | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-09-08 15:27:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-09-08 15:27:23 +0000 |
| commit | 1b6912e5beb45df58aa07b94e96e9497fc133ee3 (patch) | |
| tree | eeb662f56547d57adf0677249957c2eaa3a10992 /README | |
| parent | 69a1f035ccdfebb7fc0b8ce463166e056b7ee26a (diff) | |
| download | file-git-1b6912e5beb45df58aa07b94e96e9497fc133ee3.tar.gz | |
Update for major rev 3.0.
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@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@ ** README for file(1) Command ** -@(#) $Id: README,v 1.13 1992/06/30 13:23:16 ian Exp $ +@(#) $Id: README,v 1.14 1992/09/08 15:27:23 ian Exp $ -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 +This is Release 3.0 of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) +file(1) command. Release 3.0 is scheduled for inclusion in the +4.4 BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) of UNIX- and UNIX-like +software (UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories and may +not be used by commercial undertakings without permission in writing +from USL. Just ask BSD Incorporated, a commercial venture not officially +connected with the University of California at Berkeley). + +The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulos, who put +in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own +ANSIfication of the code (I liked my own ANSIfication better, but +his is the "Berkeley standard" way of doing it, and I wanted UCB +to include the code...), his HP-like "indirection" (a feature of +the HP file command, I think), his mods that finally got the +uncompress (-z) mode finished and working. + +This fine freeware file(1) follows the USG (System 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) @@ -58,4 +73,4 @@ E-mail: darwin@cs.toronto.edu ian@darwin.uucp uunet!sq!ian -Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. +Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first! |