| README (84685) | README (103373) |
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| 1** README for file(1) Command ** | 1** README for file(1) Command ** |
| 2@(#) $Id: README,v 1.25 2001/07/23 21:30:22 christos Exp $ | 2@(#) $Id: README,v 1.26 2002/05/16 18:45:56 christos Exp $ |
| 3 4This is Release 3.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) 5file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, 6*BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number). 7 8UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories. 9 10The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges | 3 4This is Release 3.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) 5file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, 6*BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number). 7 8UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories. 9 10The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges |
| 11including byte-order independance. | 11including byte-order independence. |
| 12 13The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulas, who put 14in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own 15ANSIfication of the code (I liked my own ANSIfication better, but 16his (__P()) is the "Berkeley standard" way of doing it, and I wanted UCB 17to include the code...), his HP-like "indirection" (a feature of 18the HP file command, I think), and his mods that finally got the 19uncompress (-z) mode finished and working. --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 38LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first. 39README - read this second (you are currently reading this file). 40PORTING - read this only if the program won't compile. 41Makefile - read this next, adapt it as needed (particularly 42 the location of the old existing file command and 43 the man page layouts), type "make" to compile, 44 "make try" to try it out against your old version. 45 Expect some diffs, particularly since your original | 12 13The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulas, who put 14in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own 15ANSIfication of the code (I liked my own ANSIfication better, but 16his (__P()) is the "Berkeley standard" way of doing it, and I wanted UCB 17to include the code...), his HP-like "indirection" (a feature of 18the HP file command, I think), and his mods that finally got the 19uncompress (-z) mode finished and working. --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 38LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first. 39README - read this second (you are currently reading this file). 40PORTING - read this only if the program won't compile. 41Makefile - read this next, adapt it as needed (particularly 42 the location of the old existing file command and 43 the man page layouts), type "make" to compile, 44 "make try" to try it out against your old version. 45 Expect some diffs, particularly since your original |
| 46 file(1) may not grok the imbedded-space ("\ ") in | 46 file(1) may not grok the embedded-space ("\ ") in |
| 47 the current magic file, or may even not use the 48 magic file. 49apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic 50ascmagic.c - third & last set of tests, based on hardwired assumptions. 51core - not included in distribution due to mailer limitations. 52debug.c - includes -c printout routine 53file.1 - man page for the command 54magic.4 - man page for the magic file, courtesy Guy Harris. 55 Install as magic.4 on USG and magic.5 on V7 or Berkeley; cf Makefile. 56file.c - main program 57file.h - header file 58fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info 59is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore). 60magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces 61 magdir/Makefile - ADJUST THIS FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION 62names.h - header file for ascmagic.c 63softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic | 47 the current magic file, or may even not use the 48 magic file. 49apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic 50ascmagic.c - third & last set of tests, based on hardwired assumptions. 51core - not included in distribution due to mailer limitations. 52debug.c - includes -c printout routine 53file.1 - man page for the command 54magic.4 - man page for the magic file, courtesy Guy Harris. 55 Install as magic.4 on USG and magic.5 on V7 or Berkeley; cf Makefile. 56file.c - main program 57file.h - header file 58fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info 59is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore). 60magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces 61 magdir/Makefile - ADJUST THIS FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION 62names.h - header file for ascmagic.c 63softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic |
| 64readelf.[ch] - Standalone elf parsing code. | 64readelf.[ch] - Stand-alone elf parsing code. |
| 65compress.c - on-the-fly decompression. | 65compress.c - on-the-fly decompression. |
| 66internat.c - recognize international `text' files. | |
| 67print.c - print results, errors, warnings. 68 69If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short 70file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]: 71*** - Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996 72--- util.c Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996 73*** 106,111 **** 74--- 108,114 ---- --- 24 unchanged lines hidden --- | 66print.c - print results, errors, warnings. 67 68If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short 69file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]: 70*** - Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996 71--- util.c Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996 72*** 106,111 **** 73--- 108,114 ---- --- 24 unchanged lines hidden --- |