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file - A utility for determining file types.

Website: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
License: distributable
Vendor: Scientific Linux
Description:
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

Packages

file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.x86_64 [321 KiB] Changelog by Martin Bacovsky (2007-05-25): 
- resolves: #241027: CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow

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