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diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man index 2c424d6..64b8435 100644 --- a/doc/file.man +++ b/doc/file.man @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -.\" $File: file.man,v 1.102 2013/01/04 15:39:22 christos Exp $ -.Dd October 25, 2012 +.\" $File: file.man,v 1.111 2014/12/16 23:18:40 christos Exp $ +.Dd December 16, 2014 .Dt FILE __CSECTION__ .Os .Sh NAME @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Bk -words -.Op Fl bchiklLNnprsvz0 +.Op Fl bcEhiklLNnprsvz0 .Op Fl Fl apple .Op Fl Fl mime-encoding .Op Fl Fl mime-type @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ .Op Fl F Ar separator .Op Fl f Ar namefile .Op Fl m Ar magicfiles +.Op Fl P Ar name=value .Ar .Ek .Nm @@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ in any of the character sets listed above is simply said to be .Dq data . .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl Fl apple +Causes the file command to output the file type and creator code as +used by older MacOS versions. The code consists of eight letters, +the first describing the file type, the latter the creator. .It Fl b , Fl Fl brief Do not prepend filenames to output lines (brief mode). .It Fl C , Fl Fl compile @@ -175,6 +180,10 @@ Cause a checking printout of the parsed form of the magic file. This is usually used in conjunction with the .Fl m flag to debug a new magic file before installing it. +.It Fl E +On filesystem errors (file not found etc), instead of handling the error +as regular output as POSIX mandates and keep going, issue an error message +and exit. .It Fl e , Fl Fl exclude Ar testname Exclude the test named in .Ar testname @@ -295,6 +304,16 @@ or attempt to preserve the access time of files analyzed, to pretend that .Nm never read them. +.It Fl P , Fl Fl parameter Ar name=value +Set various parameter limits. +.Bl -column "elf_phnum" "Default" "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent +.It Sy "Name" Ta Sy "Default" Ta Sy "Explanation" +.It Li indir Ta 15 Ta recursion limit for indirect magic +.It Li name Ta 30 Ta use count limit for name/use magic +.It Li elf_notes Ta 256 Ta max ELF notes processed +.It Li elf_phnum Ta 128 Ta max ELF program sections processed +.It Li elf_shnum Ta 32768 Ta max ELF sections processed +.El .It Fl r , Fl Fl raw Don't translate unprintable characters to \eooo. Normally @@ -331,7 +350,7 @@ after the end of the filename. Nice to .Xr cut 1 the output. -This does not affect the separator which is still printed. +This does not affect the separator, which is still printed. .It Fl -help Print a help message and exit. .El @@ -553,7 +572,10 @@ returns 0 on success, and non-zero on error. Please report bugs and send patches to the bug tracker at .Pa http://bugs.gw.com/ or the mailing list at -.Aq file@mx.gw.com . +.Aq file@mx.gw.com +(visit +.Pa http://mx.gw.com/mailman/listinfo/file +first to subscribe). .Sh TODO .Pp Fix output so that tests for MIME and APPLE flags are not needed all |