diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/file-inst.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/file-inst.xml b/chapter06/file-inst.xml index 130bca387..43696cf9a 100644 --- a/chapter06/file-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/file-inst.xml @@ -8,20 +8,5 @@ make && make install</userinput></screen></para> -<para>File uses magic numbers to determine a file type. These magic numbers -come with File in a plain text file. File internally compiles this database -each time it is run. This is not the normal type of operation for File since -compiling a -plain text file each time is not the fastest way to do it. File offers an -option "-C" to compile this magic number file. The reason this isn't done -automatically is that some people like to work on the magic numbers. On the -other hand many people didn't get it that they should compile the magic -numbers, so the author of File added a warning when the plain text magic file -is used. As we usually won't work on the plain text magic file, we -compile this file, because it's faster, fixes that annoying warning and is how -it was meant to be:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>file -C</userinput></screen></para> - </sect2> |