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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-file" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>file</productname>
+ <productnumber>&file-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&file-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>File-&file-version;</title>
+
+ <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 a given
+ file or files.</para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&file-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&file-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of File</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of File</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>file</seg>
+ <seg>libmagic.so</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <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>