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Bug #2990
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file(1) should have a -s flag to process special files
Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Start date:
2012-07-12
Due date:
% Done:
0%
Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
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Description
GNU's file(1) has a -s flag to read block and char devices to identify their contents.
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Updated by Yuri Pankov about 11 years ago
IT IS NOT GNU's file and, IMO, the best way of handling this is just import the utility in question (check related #588).
Updated by Josef Sipek over 9 years ago
You are correct. I incorrectly labeled it as GNU file.
I wonder if it would make sense to just drop file from illumos-gate and let distros chose what they want. The file Linux and BSDs use, or dig up our antiquated source and compile & package it themselves.
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