file
File is a utility that classifies arbitrary files of any type mainly by their contents. It is considered standard on most Unix distributions. It can output either human-readable concise descriptions or MIME types for machine handling.
| Tags | Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Unix Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 21 Mar 2013 22:37
Release Notes: Bug fixes and magic improvements were made.
- 24 Feb 2013 03:21
Release Notes: Various minor bugfixes and enhancements were made.
- 06 Jan 2013 00:27
Release Notes: This release adds various magic additions and updates and minor bugfixes.
- 03 Jan 2012 18:07
Release Notes: Differentiation of text and binary files has been improved. Hardwired token finding has been transformed into soft magic. Magic priorities have been adjusted, and magic has been added and improved. Minor bugs have been fixed.
- 21 Sep 2011 21:46
Release Notes: Several minor bugs were fixed. Several magic improvements were made, notably for multimedia formats.
Recent comments
Re: Maintainer?
The addresses I'm sending from are @xaoza.net and @nuix.com.au, but the ISPs are optusnet.com.au and iprimus.com.au (the former being probably the biggest ISP in the country,) respectively.
BTW, sorry to clog up your FM comments, but since there's no other way to send messages... :-/
Re: Maintainer?
If it's not a bounce, then it's doing a good job of looking like one.
(reason: 554 : Client host rejected: Access denied due to mail system abuse)
I'm getting the same error from multiple mail providers on my end, so how are the other messages getting through? In any case do you have a secondary email address?
Maintainer?
I know Christos is supposed to be the maintainer and everything, but if his email bounces everything which is sent to it, how is he to be contacted?
zoulasc
21 Apr 1999 01:06
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