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[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin fileutil::magic::file n 1.7]
[moddesc {file utilities}]
[titledesc {Procedures implementing file-type recognition}]
[require Tcl 8.4]
[require fileutil::magic::file [opt 1.0]]
[description]
[para]
This package provides a command for the recognition of file types in
pure Tcl.
[para]
The core part of the recognizer was generated from a "magic(5)" file
containing the checks to perform to recognize files, and associated
file-types.
[para]
[emph Beware!] This recognizer is large, about 276 Kilobyte of
generated Tcl code.
[list_begin definitions]
[call [cmd ::fileutil::magic::file] [arg filename]]
This command is similar to the command [cmd fileutil::fileType].
[nl]
The output of the command for the specified file is a string
describing the type of the file.
[nl]
This list will be empty if the type of the file is not recognized.
[list_end]
[section REFERENCES]
[list_begin enum]
[enum]
[uri ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ {File(1) sources}]
This site contains the current sources for the file command, including
the magic definitions used by it. The latter were used by us to
generate this recognizer.
[list_end]
[see_also fileutil file(1) magic(5)]
[keywords type {file utilities} {file type} {file recognition}]
[manpage_end]
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