If memory serves me right, Sam Drinkard wrote: > Just discovered the utility /usr/share/misc/file is either broken or has > changed behavior. Now, in order to determine what a file is, I must > append the -i switch. Did I miss or mess something up in the upgrade > from 4.3-R to 4.4-Stable?
Errr...what utility are you running? file(1) seems to work OK for me...it's been through at least one update since 4.3-RELEASE, IIRC. nimitz:bmah% file .emacs .emacs: Lisp/Scheme program text nimitz:bmah% which file /usr/bin/file nimitz:bmah% ls /usr/share/misc/file ls: /usr/share/misc/file: No such file or directory nimitz:bmah% uname -a FreeBSD nimitz.packetdesign.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #15: Mon Dec 3 16:27:53 PST 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NIMITZ i386 Bruce.
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