File is a utility that classifies arbitrary files of any type mainly by their contents. It is considered standard on most Unix distributions. It can output either human-readable concise descriptions or MIME types for machine handling.
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Differentiation of text and binary files has been improved. Hardwired token finding has been transformed into soft magic. Magic priorities have been adjusted, and magic has been added and improved. Minor bugs have been fixed.
The detection of zip files was fixed. Other minor magic enhancements were made. The MIME types of filesystem objects were renamed for consistency with xdg-utils. MingW compilation was fixed.
Several regressions in magic were fixed. A buffer overflow was corrected. The program version is now recorded in only one place. Several documentation improvements were made.
