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@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -** README for file(1) Command ** -@(#) $File: README,v 1.45 2013/01/11 16:51:01 christos Exp $ +## README for file(1) Command ## -Mailing List: file@mx.gw.com -Bug tracker: http://bugs.gw.com/ + @(#) $File: README,v 1.49 2015/01/02 20:23:04 christos Exp $ + +Mailing List: file@mx.gw.com +Mailing List archives: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/ +Bug tracker: http://bugs.gw.com/ E-mail: christos@astron.com +[](https://travis-ci.org/file/file) + Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first! This is Release 5.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) @@ -13,22 +17,22 @@ It knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number). -You can download the latest version of file from: +You can download the latest version of the original sources for file from: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ -A public read-only git repository is available at: +A public read-only git repository of the same sources is available at: - https://github.com/glensc/file + https://github.com/file/file -The major changes for 5.x are CDF file parsing, indirect magic, and -overhaul in mime and ascii encoding handling. +The major changes for 5.x are CDF file parsing, indirect magic, name/use +(recursion) and overhaul in mime and ascii encoding handling. The major feature of 4.x is the refactoring of the code into a library, and the re-write of the file command in terms of that library. The library itself, libmagic can be used by 3rd party programs that wish to identify file types without having to fork() and exec() file. The prime contributor -for 4.0 was M\xe5ns Rullg\xe5rd. +for 4.0 was Mans Rullgard. UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories. @@ -60,40 +64,49 @@ magic numbers assigned to all sorts of data files that are in reasonable circulation. Send your magic numbers, in magic(5) format please, to the maintainer, Christos Zoulas. -COPYING - read this first. -README - read this second (you are currently reading this file). +COPYING - read this first. +README - read this second (you are currently reading this file). INSTALL - read on how to install - -src/apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic -src/apptype.c - used for OS/2 specific application type magic -src/asprintf.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. -src/ascmagic.c - third & last set of tests, based on hardwired assumptions. -src/asctime_r.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/asprintf.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/cdf.c - parser for Microsoft Compound Document Files -src/cdf_time.c - time converter for CDF. -src/compress.c - handles decompressing files to look inside. -src/ctime_r.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/encoding.c - handles unicode encodings -src/file.c - the main program -src/file.h - header file -src/fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info -src/funcs.c - utilility functions -src/getopt_long.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/getline.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore). -src/names.h - header file for ascmagic.c -src/magic.c - the libmagic api -src/print.c - print results, errors, warnings. -src/readcdf.c - CDF wrapper. -src/readelf.[ch] - Stand-alone elf parsing code. -src/softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic -src/strlcat.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/strlcpy.c - for systems that don't have it. -src/vasprintf.c - for systems that don't have it. -doc/file.man - man page for the command +src/apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic +src/asctime_r.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/apptype.c - used for OS/2 specific application type magic +src/asprintf.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/ascmagic.c - third & last set of tests, based on hardwired assumptions. +src/asctime_r.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/asprintf.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/cdf.[ch] - parser for Microsoft Compound Document Files +src/cdf_time.c - time converter for CDF. +src/compress.c - handles decompressing files to look inside. +src/ctime_r.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/elfclass.h - common code for elf 32/64. +src/encoding.c - handles unicode encodings +src/file.c - the main program +src/file.h - header file +src/file_opts.h - list of options +src/fmtcheck.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info +src/funcs.c - utilility functions +src/getline.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/getopt_long.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore). +src/names.h - header file for ascmagic.c +src/magic.h.in - source file for magic.h +src/magic.c - the libmagic api +src/pread.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/print.c - print results, errors, warnings. +src/readcdf.c - CDF wrapper. +src/readelf.[ch] - Stand-alone elf parsing code. +src/softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic +src/mygetopt.h - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/strcasestr.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/strlcat.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/strlcpy.c - replacement for OS's that don't have it. +src/tar.h - tar file definitions +src/vasprintf.c - for systems that don't have it. +doc/file.man - man page for the command doc/magic.man - man page for the magic file, courtesy Guy Harris. Install as magic.4 on USG and magic.5 on V7 or Berkeley; cf Makefile. + Magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |