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author | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-12 17:26:04 +0000 |
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committer | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-12 17:26:04 +0000 |
commit | 8d5d039f80a8d31947f4e84af20e8a56d0009c32 (patch) | |
tree | 8a8960200349aa661a39654202f6e0adc5e7360e /usr.bin/file | |
parent | e66cdcd7e074533df2cf60b30ee57b5607535d28 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.1 b/usr.bin/file/file.1 index 0969e2d439a1..8cc9b9938cc4 100644 --- a/usr.bin/file/file.1 +++ b/usr.bin/file/file.1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This manual page documents version 3.39 of the .Nm utility which tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: -filesystem tests, magic number tests, and language tests. +file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The .Em first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ the subdirectory .Pa Magdir in the source distribution of this program. .Pp -The filesystem tests are based on examining the return from a +The file system tests are based on examining the return from a .Xr stat 2 system call. The program checks to see if the file is empty, @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Specifying the option causes .Nm to also read argument files which are block or character special files. -This is useful for determining the filesystem types of the data in raw +This is useful for determining the file system types of the data in raw disk partitions, which are block special files. This option also causes .Nm |