From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 6 5:38:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F3314F8F for ; Thu, 6 May 1999 05:38:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA34710; Thu, 6 May 1999 08:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 08:35:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Milan Kopacka Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux compat question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 3 May 1999, Milan Kopacka wrote: > 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. :) No, 1) there is no "file" package (at least not in Debian, I checked) 2) the "fileutils" package, which I did find, didn't have file. I don't think I need it anymore, but since I got this same advice now from two places, it seems the old adage holds: the only folks who will give you directions are those who don't know where it is. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message