File

Official Download Location

File (3.39): 
ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/

Contents of File

Last checked against version 3.39.

Descriptions

file

file tests each specified file in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed.

File Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 3.37.

Autoconf: autoconf, autoheader
Automake: aclocal, automake
Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld
Diffutils: cmp
Fileutils: chmod, install, ln, ls, mv, rm, touch
Gcc: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Gawk: gawk
Sed: sed
Sh-utils: echo, expr, hostname, sleep
Texinfo: makeinfo
Textutils: cat, tr