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-.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable"
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+.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "11 March 1997" "Debian/GNU Linux" "Copyrighted but distributable"
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.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.27 1996/06/22 22:05:07 christos Exp $
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.SH NAME
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file
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@@ -103,25 +103,25 @@ The language test routines also test for some miscellany
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.BR tar (1)
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archives) and determine whether an unknown file should be
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labelled as `ascii text' or `data'.
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-.SH OPTIONS
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-.TP 8
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-.B \-v
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+.SS OPTIONS
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+.TP
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+.I "\-v, \-\-version"
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Print the version of the program and exit.
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-.TP 8
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-.B \-m list
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+.TP
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+.I "\-m, \-\-magic-file list"
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Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers.
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This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files.
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-.TP 8
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-.B \-z
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+.TP
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+.I "\-z, \-\-uncompress"
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Try to look inside compressed files.
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-.TP 8
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-.B \-c
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+.TP
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+.I "\-c, \-\-checking\-printout"
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Cause a checking printout of the parsed form of the magic file.
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This is usually used in conjunction with
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.B \-m
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to debug a new magic file before installing it.
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-.TP 8
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-.B \-f namefile
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+.TP
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+.I "\-f, \-\-files-from namefile"
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Read the names of the files to be examined from
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.I namefile
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(one per line)
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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Either
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or at least one filename argument must be present;
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to test the standard input, use ``-'' as a filename argument.
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.TP 8
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-.B \-L
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+.I "\-L, \-\-dereference"
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option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option in
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.BR ls (1).
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(on systems that support symbolic links).
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@@ -361,4 +361,12 @@ This manual page, and particularly this section, is too long.
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You should be able to obtain the original author's latest version
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from ftp://tesla.ee.cornell.edu/pub/, but that might not work.
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You can also try ftp://ftp.deshaw.com/pub/file/ or (as a last resort)
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-ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/usr.bin/file/.
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+ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD\-current/src/usr.bin/file/.
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+.PP
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+This
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+.B Debian
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+version adds long options and corrects some bugs. It can be
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+obtained from every site carrying a
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+.B Debian
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+distribution (ftp.debian.org and
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+mirrors).
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