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diff --git a/contrib/file/file.man b/contrib/file/file.man index 0ed4dd2..fc18f12 100644 --- a/contrib/file/file.man +++ b/contrib/file/file.man @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable" -.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.38 2001/03/11 20:37:08 christos Exp $ +.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.39 2001/04/27 22:48:33 christos Exp $ .SH NAME file \- determine file type @@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ file ] [ .B \-f -namefile ] +.I namefile +] [ .B \-m -magicfiles ] -file ... +.I magicfiles +] +.I file +\&... .br .B file .B -C @@ -152,13 +155,14 @@ Do not prepend filenames to output lines (brief mode). .B \-c Cause a checking printout of the parsed form of the magic file. This is usually used in conjunction with +.B \-m +to debug a new magic file before installing it. +.TP 8 .B \-C Write a magic.mgc output file that contains a pre-parsed version of file. -.B \-m -to debug a new magic file before installing it. .TP 8 -.B \-f namefile +.BI \-f " namefile" Read the names of the files to be examined from .I namefile (one per line) @@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ text file types, directories etc), and makes use of an alternative .B \-k Don't stop at the first match, keep going. .TP 8 -.B \-m list +.BI \-m " list" Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers. This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files. .TP 8 |
