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 @(#) $OpenBSD$  @(#) $OpenBSD$
 ** README for file(1) Command **  ** README for file(1) Command **
   
 This is Release 3.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)  This is Release 4.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
 file(1) command.  Release 3.x is scheduled for inclusion in the  file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux,
 4.4 BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) of UNIX-like  *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).
 software, and is the standard "file" command for Linux, 386bsd,  
 and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).  
   
   The major feature of 4.x is the refactoring of the code into a library,
   and the re-write of the file command in terms of that library. The library
   itself, libmagic can be used by 3rd party programs that wish to identify
   file types without having to fork() and exec() file. The prime contributor
   for 4.0 was M\xe5ns Rullg\xe5rd.
   
 UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.  UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.
   
 The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges  The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges
 including byte-order independance.  including byte-order independence.
   
 The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulas, who put  The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulas, who put
 in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own  in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own
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 for easier(?) maintenance.  I will act as a clearinghouse for  for easier(?) maintenance.  I will act as a clearinghouse for
 magic numbers assigned to all sorts of data files that  magic numbers assigned to all sorts of data files that
 are in reasonable circulation. Send your magic numbers,  are in reasonable circulation. Send your magic numbers,
 in magic(4) format please, to the maintainer, Christos Zoulas.  in magic(5) format please, to the maintainer, Christos Zoulas.
   
 LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first.  LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first.
 README - read this second (you are currently reading this file).  README - read this second (you are currently reading this file).
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         the man page layouts), type "make" to compile,          the man page layouts), type "make" to compile,
         "make try" to try it out against your old version.          "make try" to try it out against your old version.
         Expect some diffs, particularly since your original          Expect some diffs, particularly since your original
         file(1) may not grok the imbedded-space ("\ ") in          file(1) may not grok the embedded-space ("\ ") in
         the current magic file, or may even not use the          the current magic file, or may even not use the
         magic file.          magic file.
 apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic  apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic
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 file.c - main program  file.c - main program
 file.h - header file  file.h - header file
 fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info  fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info
 is_tar.c - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore).  is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore).
 magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces  magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces
         magdir/Makefile - ADJUST THIS FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION          magdir/Makefile - ADJUST THIS FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION
 names.h - header file for ascmagic.c  names.h - header file for ascmagic.c
 softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic  softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic
 strtok.c, getopt.c - in case you them (courtesy of Henry Spencer).  readelf.[ch] - Stand-alone elf parsing code.
 strtol.c, strchr.c - in case you need them - public domain.  compress.c - on-the-fly decompression.
 tst - simple test suite, built from tst/Makefile  print.c - print results, errors, warnings.
   
   If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short
   file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]:
   *** -   Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996
   --- util.c      Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996
   *** 106,111 ****
   --- 108,114 ----
   
         if (insize == 0) {
           if (eof_ok) return EOF;
   +       flush_window();
           read_error();
         }
         bytes_in += (ulg)insize;
   
 E-mail: christos@deshaw.com, moraes@deshaw.com  E-mail: christos@astron.com
   
 Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first!  Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first!
   
 Parts of this software were developed at SoftQuad Inc., 56 Aberfoyle  Parts of this software were developed at the University of Toronto Computing Services
 Cres, # 810, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M8X 2W4.  Phone: 416-239-4801 or  and at SoftQuad Inc., developers of SGML/HTML/XML publishing software, in Toronto, Canada.
 800-387-2777. Email: mail@sq.com.  Call for information on SGML editing  SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002 and does not exist any longer.
 and browsing, Unix text processing, and customised products on Unix,  
 DOS and Mac.  Kees Zeelenberg reports that an MS-Windows (Win32) port of file(1)
   is available from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
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