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


Release Notes: Bug fixes and magic improvements were made.


Release Notes: Various minor bugfixes and enhancements were made.


Release Notes: This release adds various magic additions and updates and minor bugfixes.


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.


Release Notes: Several minor bugs were fixed. Several magic improvements were made, notably for multimedia formats.
Recent comments
12 Jul 2004 20:09
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... :-/
12 Jul 2004 18:18
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?
12 Jul 2004 16:33
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?