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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-file" xreflabel="File">
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7 | <title>File-&file-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-file"><primary sortas="a-File">File</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of files.</para>
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13 |
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14 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
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15 | &diskspace; 6.3 MB</screen>
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16 |
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17 | <para>File installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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18 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Zlib.</para>
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of File</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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28 |
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29 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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30 |
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31 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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32 |
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33 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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34 |
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35 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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36 |
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37 | </sect2>
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38 |
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39 |
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40 | <sect2 id="contents-file"><title>Contents of File</title>
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41 |
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42 | <para><emphasis>Installed program</emphasis>: file</para>
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43 |
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44 | <para><emphasis>Installed library</emphasis>: libmagic.[a,so]</para>
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45 |
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46 | </sect2>
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47 |
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48 |
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49 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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50 |
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51 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file"><primary sortas="b-file">file</primary></indexterm>
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52 | <para id="file"><command>file</command> tries to classify each given file. It does
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53 | this by performing several tests: file system tests, magic number tests, and
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54 | language tests. The first test that succeeds determines the result.</para>
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55 |
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56 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic"><primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary></indexterm>
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57 | <para id="libmagic"><command>libmagic</command> contains routines for magic number
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58 | recognition, used by the file program.</para>
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59 |
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60 | </sect2>
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61 |
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62 |
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63 |
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64 | </sect1>
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