From d6a70ddcf86f88b7944e841aa1d0f104e7dcf11d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Darwin Date: Wed, 3 Oct 1990 18:35:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add version number; reformat first paragraph. --- README | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 3b778267..23aa73ef 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ ** README for file(1) Command ** -@(#) $Header: /home/glen/git/file/cvs/file/README,v 1.10 1989/05/11 15:01:05 ian Exp $ +@(#) $Header: /home/glen/git/file/cvs/file/README,v 1.11 1990/10/03 18:35:35 ian Exp $ -This is Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) file(1) -command. It follows the USG (Sys V) model of the file command, -rather than the Research (V7) version or the V7-derived Berkeley -one. That is, there is a file (/etc/magic) that contains much -of the ritual information that is the source of this program's -power. It knows a little more magic (including tar archives) -than System V; the /etc/magic parsing seems to be compatible -with the (poorly documented) System V /etc/magic format (with -one exception; see the man page). +This is Release 1.2 of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) file(1) +command. It follows the USG (Sys V) model of the file command, rather than +the Research (V7) version or the V7-derived Berkeley one. That is, there is +a file (/etc/magic) that contains much of the ritual information that is the +source of this program's power. It knows a little more magic (including tar +archives) than System V; the /etc/magic parsing seems to be compatible with +the (poorly documented) System V /etc/magic format (with one exception; see +the man page). In addition, the /etc/magic file is built from a subdirectory for easier maintenance. I will act as a clearinghouse for -- 2.50.1