Source: file Section: utils Priority: standard Maintainer: Michael Piefel Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), zlib1g-dev, autotools-dev, libtool Standards-Version: 3.6.1 Package: file Architecture: any Depends: libmagic1 (= ${Source-Version}), ${shlibs:Depends} Description: 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. . Starting with version 4, the file command is not much more than a wrapper around the "magic" library. Package: libmagic1 Section: libs Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Suggests: file Conflicts: file (<= 4) Description: File type determination library using "magic" numbers This library can be used to classify files according to magic number tests. It implements the core functionality of the file command. Package: libmagic-dev Section: libdevel Priority: optional Architecture: any Depends: libmagic1 (= ${Source-Version}) Suggests: file Description: File type determination library (development) This library can be used to classify files according to magic number tests. It implements the core functionality of the file command. . This package contains the development files.