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Port details on branch 2022Q2
file Utility to determine file type
5.46 sysutils on this many watch lists=38 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 5.46Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: jharris@widomaker.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2001-12-13 01:03:48
Last Update: 2024-12-19 19:44:51
Commit Hash: db74d62
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://darwinsys.com/file/
Description:
File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in the following order: - filesystem tests - magic number tests - language tests The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/file-5.46/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/file-5.46/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/file-5.46/BSD2CLAUSE
  5. bin/file
  6. include/magic.h
  7. lib/libmagic.so
  8. lib/libmagic.so.1
  9. lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
  10. libdata/pkgconfig/libmagic.pc
  11. share/man/man1/file.1.gz
  12. share/man/man3/libmagic.3.gz
  13. share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
  14. share/file/magic.mgc
  15. @owner
  16. @group
  17. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • file>0:sysutils/file
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/file/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/file
  • pkg install file
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: file
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1734142442 SHA256 (file-5.46.tar.gz) = c9cc77c7c560c543135edc555af609d5619dbef011997e988ce40a3d75d86088 SIZE (file-5.46.tar.gz) = 1312892
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
file
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest5.465.465.395.465.46n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly5.465.465.395.465.46n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest5.465.465.395.465.465.39-5.39
FreeBSD:14:quarterly5.465.46-5.465.465.395.395.39
FreeBSD:15:latest5.465.46n/a5.46n/an/a5.39_15.39_1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly5.465.46n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest5.465.46n/a-n/an/a--
This port has no dependencies.
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. print/magicfilter
for Libraries
  1. x11-fm/rodent

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. archivers/rpm5*
  2. net/nepenthes*
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for Run
  1. print/magicfilter
  2. security/amavisd-new

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. security/maia*
  2. textproc/scancode-toolkit*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
sysutils_file
USES:
cpe libtool
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/tools/file/
  2. https://astron.com/pub/file/
  3. https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/file/
  4. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
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