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Author unix command "file" source
johnsocs@gmail.com

2005-04-22, 8:57 pm

All -

Where can I find the source for the "file" unix command?

Thanks

Matthias Buelow

2005-04-23, 3:57 am

johnsocs@gmail.com writes:

>Where can I find the source for the "file" unix command?


For example:

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/file/

"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)."

mkb.
Måns Rullgård

2005-04-23, 8:56 am

Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> writes:

> johnsocs@gmail.com writes:
>
>
> For example:
>
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/file/


The official source is at ftp.astron.com/pub/file

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