%general-entities; ]> File-&file-version; File <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>0.2 SBU</seg> <seg>6.6 MB</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Zlib</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of File Prepare File for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make install Contents of File Installed programs Installed library file libmagic.[a,so] Short Descriptions file Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests file libmagic Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the file program libmagic