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index 6079e8ebc..639353cd2 100644
--- a/chapter06/file.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-file" xreflabel="File" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
<title>File-&file-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-file"><primary sortas="a-File">File</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of files.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@
<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>6.3 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>File installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
+GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Zlib</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<para>Now install it:</para>
+<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
@@ -39,8 +45,36 @@
<sect2 id="contents-file" role="content"><title>Contents of File</title>
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>file</seg><seg>libmagic.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="file">
+<term><command>file</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing
+several tests&mdash;file system tests, magic number tests, and language
+tests</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-file file"><primary sortas="b-file">file</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libmagic">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
+<command>file</command> program</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic"><primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+