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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/file')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/file/magic.5 | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 b/usr.bin/file/magic.5 index f1c7124..9d5bd04 100644 --- a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 +++ b/usr.bin/file/magic.5 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" install as magic.4 on USG, magic.5 on V7 or Berkeley systems. .\" -.Dd February 27, 2003 +.Dd September 12, 2003 .Dt MAGIC 5 "Public Domain" .Os .Sh NAME @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This manual page documents the format of the magic file as used by the .Nm -command, version 3.41. +command, version 4.12. The .Nm file command identifies the type of a file using, @@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ The .Dq B flag compacts whitespace in the target, which must contain at least one whitespace character. -If the magic has "n" consecutive blanks, the target needs -at least "n" consecutive blanks to match. +If the magic has +.Ar n +consecutive blanks, the target needs at least +.Ar n +consecutive blanks to match. The .Dq b flag treats every blank in the target as an optional blank. @@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ the file. The value at that offset is read, and is used again as an offset in the file. Indirect offsets are of the form: -.Em (x[.[bslBSL]][+-][y]) . +.Em (x[.[bslBSL]][+\-][y]) . The value of .Em x is used as an offset in the file. @@ -266,4 +269,4 @@ indirect offsets. .\" the changes I posted to the S5R2 version. .\" .\" Modified for Ian Darwin's version of the file command. -.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.21 2003/02/27 20:47:46 christos Exp $ +.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.27 2003/09/12 19:43:30 christos Exp $ |
