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version 1.2, 1996/06/26 05:32:52 version 1.3, 2006/07/18 15:03:25
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 - Do not distribute changed versions.  - Do not distribute changed versions.
   
 People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions  People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions
 of the file command for FTP, then the "archie" server finds and publishes  of the file command for anonymous FTP, and people all over the
 the hacked version, and people all over the world get copies of it.  world get copies of the hacked versions.  Within a day or two I am
 Within a day or two I am getting email from around the world  getting email from around the world asking me why "my" file command
 asking me why "my" file command won't compile!!! Needless to say this  won't compile!!! Needless to say this detracts from the limited
 detracts from the limited time I have available to work on the actual  time I have available to work on the actual software. Therefore I
 software.  Therefore I ask you again to please NOT distribute  ask you again to please NOT distribute your changed version. If
 your changed version.  you need to make changes, please add a patch file next to the
   distribution tar, and a README file that clearly explains what you
   are trying to fix.
   
   
 Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.  Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.
   
 Mark Moraes             Christos Zoulas  Code Overview
 moraes@deshaw.com       christos@deshaw.com  
   This is a rough idea of the control flow from the main program:
   
   file.c  main()
   file.c  process (called for each file)
                   printf file name
   magic.c         magic_file()
   fsmagic.c               file_fsmagic()
                                   (handles statbuf modes for DEV)
                           (handles statbuf modes for executable &c.
                           reads data from file.
   funcs.c:                file_buffer()
   compress.c                      file_zmagic()
   is_tar.c                        file_is_tar()
   softmagic.c                     file_softmagic()
                                                   match() - looks for match against main magic database
   ascmagic.c                      file_ascmagic()
                                   "unknown"
   readelf.c               file_tryelf()
   
   Christos Zoulas
   christos@astron.com
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