file-3.27-3 RPM for i386

From Best Linux 2000 R2 CD-ROM

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

Provides

• file

Requires

• ld-linux.so.2
• libc.so.6

Copyright

distributable

Changelog

* Mon Aug 23 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - identify ELF stripped files correctly (#4665).
  - use SPARC (not sparc) consistently throughout (#4665).
  - add entries for MS Office files (#4665).
* Thu Aug 12 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - diddle magic so that *.tfm files are identified correctly.
* Tue Jul 06 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - update to 3.27.
* Mon Mar 22 1999 Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>
  - experimental support for realmedia files added
* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
  - auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 5)
* Fri Mar 19 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - strip binary.
* Fri Nov 27 1998 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz>
  - add SPARC V9 magic.
* Tue Nov 10 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - update to 3.26.
* Mon Aug 24 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
  - update to 3.25.
  - detect gimp XCF versions.
* Thu May 07 1998 Prospector System <bugs@redhat.com>
  - translations modified for de, fr, tr
* Wed Apr 08 1998 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
  - updated to 3.24
  - buildrooted
* Mon Jun 02 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
  - built against glibc
* Mon Mar 31 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
  - Fixed problems caused by 64 bit time_t.
* Thu Mar 06 1997 Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
  - Improved recognition of Linux kernel images.

Files

/usr/bin/file
/usr/man/man1/file.1
/usr/man/man4/magic.4
/usr/share/magic

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