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| author | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-05-21 16:20:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> | 1992-05-21 16:20:21 +0000 |
| commit | 5f24f1e51ce4dd7cb0ac1e5bd94c942d3b060342 (patch) | |
| tree | c9caebb68512d6925abf17fd33b2fa21d3df976a /doc/file.man | |
| parent | 7e8141a3df8a4c3c20c0d2025f346738924f3dcb (diff) | |
| download | file-git-5f24f1e51ce4dd7cb0ac1e5bd94c942d3b060342.tar.gz | |
Update for Rob McMahon's masking changes.
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diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man index 25ee5379..50183532 100644 --- a/doc/file.man +++ b/doc/file.man @@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ For example, in an existing magic file would have to be changed to .br >10 string language\e impress (imPRESS data) +.PP +The Sun Microsystems implementation of System V compatibility +includes a file(1) command that has some extentions. +My version differs from Sun's only in minor ways. +It includes the extension of the `&' operator, used as, +for example, +.br +>16 long&0x7fffffff >0 not stripped .SH MAGIC DIRECTORY The magic file entries have been collected from various sources, mainly USENET, and contributed by various authors. @@ -192,6 +200,9 @@ Written by Ian F. Darwin, UUCP address {utzoo | ihnp4}!darwin!ian, Internet address ian@sq.com, postal address: P.O. Box 603, Station F, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M4Y 2L8. .PP +Altered by Rob McMahon, cudcv@warwick.ac.uk, 1989, to extend the `&' operator +from simple `x&y != 0' to `x&y op z'. +.PP .I Strtok.c and .I getopt.c |