From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 22:04:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: *** empty log message ***
X-Git-Tag: FILE3_27~88
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e62ec25d886f57ea3598436678efdd4393f695f;p=file

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diff --git a/doc/magic.man b/doc/magic.man
index 2ae8e699..fb59feb6 100644
--- a/doc/magic.man
+++ b/doc/magic.man
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ type specifier. To that number the value of
 .I y
 is added and the result is used as an offset in the file. The default type
 if one is not specified is long.
+.PP
+Sometimes you do not know the exact offset as this depends on the length of
+preceding fields. You can specify an offset relative to the end of the
+last uplevel field (of course this may only be done for sublevel tests, i.e.
+test beginning with 
+.B >
+). Such a relative offset is specified using
+.B &
+as a prefix to the offset.
 .SH BUGS
 The formats 
 .IR long ,
@@ -191,4 +200,4 @@ indirect offsets.
 .\" the changes I posted to the S5R2 version.
 .\"
 .\" Modified for Ian Darwin's version of the file command.
-.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.12 1995/01/21 21:03:35 christos Exp $
+.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.13 1996/06/22 22:04:22 christos Exp $
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 624ab9ee..65c329b4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile for file(1) cmd. 
 # Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin 86/09/01 - see LEGAL.NOTICE.
-# @(#)$Id: Makefile,v 1.49 1995/10/27 23:12:33 christos Exp $
+# @(#)$Id: Makefile,v 1.50 1996/06/22 22:04:22 christos Exp $
 #
 # This software is not subject to any license of the American Telephone
 # and Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the University of California.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #    ever read sources, credits must appear in the documentation.
 #
 # 4. This notice may not be removed or altered.
-VERSION	= 3.19
+VERSION	= 3.20
 SHELL	= /bin/sh
 #MAGIC	= /etc/magic
 MAGIC	= /usr/local/etc/magic