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263 lines
7.4 KiB
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" install as magic.4 on USG, magic.5 on V7 or Berkeley systems.
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.Dd December 8, 2000
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.Dt MAGIC 5 "Public Domain"
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm magic
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.Nd file command's magic number file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents the format of the magic file as
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used by the
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.Nm
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command, version 3.37.
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The
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.Nm file
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command identifies the type of a file using,
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among other tests,
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a test for whether the file begins with a certain
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.Em "magic number" .
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The file
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.Pa /usr/share/misc/magic
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specifies what magic numbers are to be tested for,
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what message to print if a particular magic number is found,
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and additional information to extract from the file.
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.Pp
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Each line of the file specifies a test to be performed.
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A test compares the data starting at a particular offset
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in the file with a 1-byte, 2-byte, or 4-byte numeric value or
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a string.
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If the test succeeds, a message is printed.
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The line consists of the following fields:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It offset
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A number specifying the offset, in bytes, into the file of the data
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which is to be tested.
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.It type
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The type of the data to be tested.
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The possible values are:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It byte
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A one-byte value.
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.It short
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A two-byte value (on most systems) in this machine's native byte order.
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.It long
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in this machine's native byte order.
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.It string
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A string of bytes.
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The string type specification can be optionally followed
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by /[Bbc]*.
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The
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.Dq B
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flag compacts whitespace in the target, which must contain
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at least one whitespace character.
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If the magic has "n" consecutive blanks, the target needs
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at least "n" consecutive blanks to match.
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The
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.Dq b
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flag treats every blank in the target as an optional blank.
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Finally the
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.Dq c
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flag, specifies case insensitive matching: lowercase characters
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in the magic match both lower and upper case characters in the
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targer, whereas upper case characters in the magic, only much
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uppercase characters in the target.
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.It date
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A four-byte value interpreted as a
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.Ux
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date.
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.It ldate
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A four-byte value interpreted as a
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.Ux Ns -style
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date, but interpreted as
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local time rather than UTC.
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.It beshort
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A two-byte value (on most systems) in big-endian byte order.
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.It belong
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in big-endian byte order.
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.It bedate
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in big-endian byte order,
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interpreted as a
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.Ux
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date.
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.It leshort
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A two-byte value (on most systems) in little-endian byte order.
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.It lelong
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in little-endian byte order.
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.It ledate
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in little-endian byte order,
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interpreted as a
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.Ux
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date.
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.It leldate
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A four-byte value (on most systems) in little-endian byte order,
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interpreted as a
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.Ux Ns -style
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date, but interpreted as local time rather
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than UTC.
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.El
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.El
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.Pp
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The numeric types may optionally be followed by
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.Em &
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and a numeric value,
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to specify that the value is to be AND'ed with the
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numeric value before any comparisons are done. Prepending a
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.Em u
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to the type indicates that ordered comparisons should be unsigned.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It test
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The value to be compared with the value from the file. If the type is
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numeric, this value
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is specified in C form; if it is a string, it is specified as a C string
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with the usual escapes permitted (e.g. \en for new-line).
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.It ""
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Numeric values
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may be preceded by a character indicating the operation to be performed.
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It may be
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.Em = ,
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to specify that the value from the file must equal the specified value,
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.Em < ,
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to specify that the value from the file must be less than the specified
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value,
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.Em > ,
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to specify that the value from the file must be greater than the specified
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value,
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.Em & ,
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to specify that the value from the file must have set all of the bits
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that are set in the specified value,
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.Em ^ ,
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to specify that the value from the file must have clear any of the bits
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that are set in the specified value, or
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.Em x ,
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to specify that any value will match.
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If the character is omitted,
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it is assumed to be
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.Em = .
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.It ""
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Numeric values are specified in C form; e.g.\&
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.Em 13
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is decimal,
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.Em 013
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is octal, and
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.Em 0x13
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is hexadecimal.
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.It ""
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For string values, the byte string from the
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file must match the specified byte string.
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The operators
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.Em = ,
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.Em <
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and
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.Em >
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(but not
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.Em & )
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can be applied to strings.
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The length used for matching is that of the string argument
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in the magic file. This means that a line can match any string, and
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then presumably print that string, by doing
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.Em >\e0
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(because all strings are greater than the null string).
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.It message
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The message to be printed if the comparison succeeds. If the string
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contains a
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.Xr printf 3
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format specification, the value from the file (with any specified masking
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performed) is printed using the message as the format string.
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.El
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.Pp
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Some file formats contain additional information which is to be printed
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along with the file type. A line which begins with the character
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.Em >
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indicates additional tests and messages to be printed. The number of
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.Em >
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on the line indicates the level of the test; a line with no
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.Em >
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at the beginning is considered to be at level 0.
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Each line at level
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.Em n+1
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is under the control of the line at level
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.Em n
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most closely preceding it in the magic file.
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If the test on a line at level
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.Em n
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succeeds, the tests specified in all the subsequent lines at level
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.Em n+1
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are performed, and the messages printed if the tests succeed. The next
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line at level
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.Em n
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terminates this.
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If the first character following the last
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.Em >
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is a
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.Em \&(
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then the string after the parenthesis is interpreted as an indirect offset.
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That means that the number after the parenthesis is used as an offset in
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the file.
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The value at that offset is read, and is used again as an offset
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in the file.
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Indirect offsets are of the form:
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.Em (x[.[bslBSL]][+-][y]) .
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The value of
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.Em x
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is used as an offset in the file.
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A byte, short or long is read at that offset
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depending on the
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.Em [bslBSL]
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type specifier.
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The capitalized types interpret the number as a big endian value, whereas
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a small letter versions interpret the number as a little endian value.
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To that number the value of
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.Em y
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is added and the result is used as an offset in the file.
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The default type
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if one is not specified is long.
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.Pp
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Sometimes you do not know the exact offset as this depends on the length of
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preceding fields.
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You can specify an offset relative to the end of the
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last uplevel field (of course this may only be done for sublevel tests, i.e.\&
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test beginning with
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.Em > Ns ) .
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Such a relative offset is specified using
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.Em &
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as a prefix to the offset.
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.Sh BUGS
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The formats
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.Em long ,
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.Em belong ,
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.Em lelong ,
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.Em short ,
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.Em beshort ,
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.Em leshort ,
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.Em date ,
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.Em bedate ,
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and
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.Em ledate
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are system-dependent; perhaps they should be specified as a number
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of bytes (2B, 4B, etc),
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since the files being recognized typically come from
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a system on which the lengths are invariant.
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.Pp
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There is (currently) no support for specified-endian data to be used in
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indirect offsets.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr file 1
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.\"
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.\" From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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.\" Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg
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.\" Subject: /etc/magic's format isn't well documented
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.\" Message-ID: <2752@sun.uucp>
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.\" Date: 3 Sep 85 08:19:07 GMT
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.\" Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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.\" Here's a manual page for the format accepted by the "file" made by adding
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.\" the changes I posted to the S5R2 version.
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.\" Modified for Ian Darwin's version of the file command.
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.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.17 2001/08/07 15:38:42 christos Exp $
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