Package: file (5.04-5+squeeze2)

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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

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• dep: libc0.1 (>= 2.3) [kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc0.1-udeb

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.1) [i386]

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

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.2) [mips, mipsel]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) [amd64]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.2) [ia64]

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

• dep: libmagic1 (= 5.04-5+squeeze2)

  File type determination library using "magic" numbers

• dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

  compression library - runtime

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