1<!--$Id: file.so,v 10.19 2001/04/10 20:44:04 bostic Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: File utility /etc/magic information</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<a name="2"><!--meow--></a><a name="3"><!--meow--></a> 12<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 13<td><b><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>System Installation Notes</dl></b></td> 14<td align=right><a href="/dumpload/text.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/install/multiple.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 15</td></tr></table> 16<p align=center><b>File utility /etc/magic information</b></p> 17<p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility is a UNIX utility that examines and 18classifies files, based on information found in its database of file 19types, the /etc/magic file. The following information may be added 20to your system's /etc/magic file to enable <b>file</b>(1) to 21correctly identify Berkeley DB database files.</p> 22<p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility <b>magic</b>(5) information for the 23standard System V UNIX implementation of the <b>file</b>(1) utility 24is included in the Berkeley DB distribution for both 25<a href="magic.s5.be.txt">big-endian</a> (for example, Sparc) and 26<a href="magic.s5.le.txt">little-endian</a> (for example, x86) architectures.</p> 27<p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility <b>magic</b>(5) information for 28Release 3.X of Ian Darwin's implementation of the file utility (as 29distributed by FreeBSD and most Linux distributions) is included in the 30Berkeley DB distribution. This <a href="magic.txt">magic.txt</a> information 31is correct for both big-endian and little-endian architectures.</p> 32<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="/dumpload/text.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/install/multiple.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 33</td></tr></table> 34<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 35</body> 36</html> 37