From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:01:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mention what is new in 4.0
X-Git-Tag: FILE4_00~3
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=07662e19e241801b0325acafc42f2e38624b4c83;p=file

mention what is new in 4.0
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 9e47be5c..6081757f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 ** README for file(1) Command **
-@(#) $Id: README,v 1.30 2003/03/23 04:36:37 christos Exp $
+@(#) $Id: README,v 1.31 2003/03/24 15:01:39 christos Exp $
 
-This is Release 3.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
+This is Release 4.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
 file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux,
 *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).
 
+The major feature of 4.x is the refactoring of the code into a library,
+and the re-write of the file command in terms of that library. The library
+itself, libmagic can be used by 3rd party programs that wish to identify
+file types without having to fork() and exec() file. The prime contributor
+for 4.0 was M\xe5ns Rullg\xe5rd.
+
 UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.
 
 The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges