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file: A utility for determining file types.

Name:	file	Vendor:	Scientific Linux
Version:	4.17	License:	distributable
Release:	15.el5_3.1	URL:	http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

Summary

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats. You should install the file package, since the file command is such a useful utility.

Changelog

* Fri Apr 24 17:00:00 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny{%}redhat{*}com>

- fix #497163 -  Incorrect command name from the core file

* Wed Aug 6 17:00:00 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana{%}redhat{*}com> - 4.17-15

- Related: #235420 - detect also byte order mark in XML files

* Tue Aug 5 17:00:00 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana{%}redhat{*}com> - 4.17-14

- fix #235420 - recognize UTF-16, little-endian encoded XML file
- fix #249473 - wrongly identifies text file as MPEG-4 LO-EP
- fix #428437 - GFS2 recognition
- fix #444524 - ext4/ext4dev recognition

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