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<sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
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<title>File-&file-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-file">
<primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of
a given file or files.</para>
</sect2>
&env-target;
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of File</title>
<para os="ap1">The following patch will fix a compile issue that would prevent
a proper creation of the <filename>magic.mgc</filename> file. This would
show up as an error messsage.
<computeroutput>ERROR: file: File &file-version; supports only 6 version
magic files. `/tools/share/file/magic.mgc' is version 2</computeroutput>:</para>
<screen os="ap2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&file-cross_compile-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para os="a">Prepare File for compilation:</para>
<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
--prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
<para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para os="e">Install the package:</para>
<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
<title>Contents of File</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>file</seg>
<seg>libmagic.[a,so]</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<varlistentry id="file">
<term><command>file</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and
language tests</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-file file">
<primary sortas="b-file">file</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libmagic">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
<command>file</command> program</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic">
<primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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