file - A utility for determining file types
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.
| License: | BSD | Group: | applications/file |
|---|---|---|---|
| URL: | http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ |
Packages
| Name | Epoch | Version | Release | Arch | Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| file | 0 | 5.04 | 6.el5.fio | src | 640 KiB | 2013-05-05 01:11:10 |
Changelog:
- * 2011-01-26 - Jan Kaluza <jkaluza[AT]redhat[DOTCOM]> 5.04-6
- fix #637782 - identify the zip64 format correctly - fix #643046 - recognize volume_key escrow packets - fix #594083 - improve Python recognition - fix #608686 - mention return code in manpage - fix #610795 - recognize webm content - fix #670125 - don't identify GFS2 filesystems as GFS1 filesystems
- * 2010-06-11 - Jan Kaluza <jkaluza[AT]redhat[DOTCOM]> 5.04-5
- removed excessive HTML/SGML "magic patterns" (#594605,#594624,#594636)
- * 2010-04-08 - Daniel Novotny <dnovotny[AT]redhat[DOTCOM]> 5.04-4
- fix #580490 - "file" may trim too much of command line from core file
- * 2010-03-25 - Daniel Novotny <dnovotny[AT]redhat[DOTCOM]> 5.04-3
- fix #576804 - pull "file" changes from Rawhide to Rhel6
- * 2010-03-24 - Daniel Novotny <dnovotny[AT]redhat[DOTCOM]> 5.04-2
- fix #575178 - file command does not print separator when --print0 option is used