Package: file (5.04-6)

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Determines file type using "magic" numbers

File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed.

Tags: System Administration: Forensics and Recovery, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Analysing, Scanning, Works with: Files

Other Packages Related to file

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4)

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

• dep: libmagic1 (= 5.04-6)

  File type determination library using "magic" numbers

• dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

  tömörítő könyvtár - futásidejű

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