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diff --git a/contrib/file/README b/contrib/file/README index 901989a..2b57a70 100644 --- a/contrib/file/README +++ b/contrib/file/README @@ -1,15 +1,26 @@ ** README for file(1) Command ** -@(#) $File: README,v 1.42 2009/02/14 15:16:24 christos Exp $ +@(#) $File: README,v 1.44 2011/03/24 13:03:39 rrt Exp $ -E-mail: christos@astron.com Mailing List: file@mx.gw.com +Bug tracker: http://bugs.gw.com/ +E-mail: christos@astron.com Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first! This is Release 5.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) -file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, +file(1) command, an implementation of the Unix File(1) command. +It knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types. +This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number). +You can download the latest version of file from: + + ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ + +A public read-only git repository is available at: + + https://github.com/glensc/file + The major changes for 5.x are CDF file parsing, indirect magic, and overhaul in mime and ascii encoding handling. @@ -102,33 +113,6 @@ guidelines: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -You can download the latest version of file from: - - ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ - -If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short -file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]: -*** - Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996 ---- util.c Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996 -*** 106,111 **** ---- 108,114 ---- - - if (insize == 0) { - if (eof_ok) return EOF; -+ flush_window(); - read_error(); - } - bytes_in += (ulg)insize; - Parts of this software were developed at SoftQuad Inc., developers of SGML/HTML/XML publishing software, in Toronto, Canada. -SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002 -and does not exist any longer. - -From: Kees Zeelenberg - -An MS-Windows (Win32) port of File-4.17 is available from -http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ - -File is an implementation of the Unix File(1) command. -It knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types. +SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002 and does not exist any longer. |
