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the external list of magic number types. |
the external list of magic number types. |
This slowed the program down slightly but made it a lot more flexible. |
This slowed the program down slightly but made it a lot more flexible. |
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This program, based on the System V version, |
This program, based on the System V version, was written by |
was written by |
.An Ian F. Darwin Aq ian@darwinisys.com |
.An Ian Darwin |
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without looking at anybody else's source code. |
without looking at anybody else's source code. |
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.An John Gilmore |
.An John Gilmore |
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.An Geoff Collyer |
.An Geoff Collyer |
found several inadequacies |
found several inadequacies |
and provided some magic file entries. |
and provided some magic file entries. |
The program has undergone continued evolution since. |
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.Sh AUTHORS |
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Written by |
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.An Ian F. Darwin Aq ian@sq.com , |
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UUCP address {utzoo | ihnp4}!darwin!ian, |
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postal address: P.O. Box 603, Station F, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M4Y 2L8. |
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Altered by |
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.An Rob McMahon Aq cudcv@warwick.ac.uk , |
.An Rob McMahon Aq cudcv@warwick.ac.uk , |
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Changes by |
Currently maintained by |
.An Ian Darwin |
.An Christos Zoulas Aq christos@zoulas.com . |
and various authors including |
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.An Christos Zoulas Aq christos@deshaw.com , |
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1990-1992. |
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.Sh LEGAL NOTICE |
.Sh LEGAL NOTICE |
Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, Toronto, Canada, |
Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, Toronto, Canada, 1986-1999. |
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993. |
Covered by the standard Berkeley Software Distribution copyright; see the file |
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LEGAL.NOTICE in the distribution. |
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This software is not subject to and may not be made subject to any |
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license of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Sun |
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Microsystems Inc., Digital Equipment Inc., Lotus Development Inc., the |
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Regents of the University of California, The X Consortium or MIT, or |
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The Free Software Foundation. |
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This software is not subject to any export provision of the United States |
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Department of Commerce, and may be exported to any country or planet. |
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Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on |
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any computer system, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject |
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to the following restrictions: |
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The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of this |
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software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from flaws in it; |
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The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either by |
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explicit claim or by omission. |
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Since few users ever read sources, |
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credits must appear in the documentation; |
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Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be |
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misrepresented as being the original software. |
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Since few users ever read sources, credits must appear in the documentation; |
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This notice may not be removed or altered. |
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A few support files |
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.Fn strtok ) |
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distributed with this package |
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are by |
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.An Henry Spencer |
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and are subject to the same terms as above. |
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A few simple support files |
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.Fn strchr ) |
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distributed with this package |
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are in the public domain; they are so marked. |
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The files |
The files |
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.An John Gilmore |
.An John Gilmore |
from his public-domain |
from his public-domain |
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program, and are not covered by the above restrictions. |
program. |
.Sh BUGS |
.Sh BUGS |
There must be a better way to automate the construction of the Magic |
There must be a better way to automate the construction of the Magic |
file from all the glop in Magdir. |
file from all the glop in Magdir. |