.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable"
-.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.49 2003/05/23 21:31:57 christos Exp $
+.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.50 2003/07/10 17:51:09 christos Exp $
.SH NAME
file
\- determine file type
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B file
[
-.B \-bcikLnNsvz
+.B \-bcikLnNpsvz
]
[
.B \-f
.B "\-N, \-\-no\-pad"
Don't pad filenames so that they align in the output.
.TP 8
+.B "\-p, \-\-preserve\-date"
+On systems that support
+.BR utime (2)
+or,
+.BR utimes(2)
+attempt to preserve the access time of files analyzed, to pretend that
+.BR file (2)
+never read them.
+.TP 8
.B "\-s, \-\-special\-files"
Normally,
.B file