8.10. File-5.40

The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given file or files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 15 MB

8.10.1. Installation of File

First, fix a few regressions in File:

patch -Np1 -i ../file-5.40-upstream_fixes-1.patch

Update helper scripts to allow compilation on loongarch:

tar xf ../config-20210826.tar.xz --strip-components=1

Prepare File for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: file

Installed library: libmagic.so

file	Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests
`libmagic`	Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the file program