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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 20:44:11 +0200
From:      Milan Kopacka <mkop5230@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux compat question
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.4.05.9905032036140.147021-100000@beta.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905031255290.388-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Anyone know if linux apps use our own magic file, or if they look into
> /compat/linux/etc for a magic file?  I'm trying to install word perfect,
> and I won't yet let it touch my FreeBSD magic file.

I know only one application using magic, that's file(1). You need to run
file in Linux emulation?

Wordperfect has some add-ons to magic, for file(1) to be able to properly
recognize Wordperfect's documents.

> Maybe, anyone have a recent Linux magic file?

Get "file" package from your favorite Linux mirror site. :)

  Milan




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