A.14. File
For installation instructions see Section 6.37.
A.14.2. Contents of File
File is a utility used to determine file types.
Installed program: file
Installed library: libmagic.[a,so]
A.14.4. Short description
file tries to classify each given file. It does
this by performing several tests: filesystem tests, magic number tests, and
language tests. The first test that succeeds determines the result.
libmagic contains routines for magic number
recognition, used by the file program.
A.14.6. File Installation Dependencies
File depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Zlib.