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diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.1 b/usr.bin/file/file.1 index 7891226..2e8dd60 100644 --- a/usr.bin/file/file.1 +++ b/usr.bin/file/file.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.54 2003/10/27 18:09:08 christos Exp $ -.Dd October 27, 2003 +.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.57 2005/08/18 15:18:22 christos Exp $ +.Dd August 18, 2005 .Dt FILE 1 "Copyright but distributable" .Os .Sh NAME @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .Nd determine file type .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl bcikLnNprsvz +.Op Fl bchikLnNprsvz .Op Fl f Ar namefile .Op Fl F Ar separator .Op Fl m Ar magicfiles @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .Fl C .Op Fl m Ar magicfile .Sh DESCRIPTION -This manual page documents version 4.12 of the +This manual page documents version 4.17 of the .Nm utility which tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: @@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ magic file or .Pa /usr/share/misc/magic if the compile file does not exist. +In addition +.Nm +will look in +.Pa $HOME/.magic.mgc , +or +.Pa $HOME/.magic +for magic entries. .Pp If a file does not match any of the entries in the magic file, it is examined to see if it seems to be a text file. @@ -187,6 +194,13 @@ Use the specified string as the separator between the filename and the file result returned. Defaults to .Ql \&: . +.It Fl h , -no-dereference +Causes symlinks not to be followed +(on systems that support symbolic links). +This is the default if the +environment variable +.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT +is not defined. .It Fl i , -mime Causes the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more traditional human readable ones. @@ -206,8 +220,11 @@ section, below). Do not stop at the first match, keep going. .It Fl L , -dereference option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option in -.Xr ls 1 . +.Xr ls 1 (on systems that support symbolic links). +This is the default if the environment variable +.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT +is defined. .It Fl m , -magic-file Ar list Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers. This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files. @@ -281,19 +298,35 @@ option is specified. Default list of magic numbers, used to output mime types when the .Fl i option is specified. -.It Pa /etc/magic -Local additions to magic wisdom. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT The environment variable .Ev MAGIC can be used to set the default magic number file name. +If that variable is set, then +.Nm +will not attempt to open +.Pa $HOME/.magic . .Nm adds .Pa .mime and/or .Pa .mgc to the value of this variable as appropriate. +The environment variable +.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT +controls (on systems that support symbolic links), if +.Nm +will attempt to follow symlinks or not. +If set, then +.Nm +follows symlink, otherwise it does not. +This is also controlled +by the +.Fl L +and +.Fl h +options. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr hexdump 1 , .Xr od 1 , |
