<!--$Id: file.html,v 1.2 2004/03/30 01:22:51 jtownsen Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997-2003 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: File utility /etc/magic information</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a><a name="3"><!--meow--></a> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td><h3><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>System Installation Notes</dl></h3></td> <td align=right><a href="../dumpload/text.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../install/multiple.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p> <h3 align=center>File utility /etc/magic information</h3> <p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility is a UNIX utility that examines and classifies files, based on information found in its database of file types, the /etc/magic file. The following information may be added to your system's /etc/magic file to enable <b>file</b>(1) to correctly identify Berkeley DB database files.</p> <p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility <b>magic</b>(5) information for the standard System V UNIX implementation of the <b>file</b>(1) utility is included in the Berkeley DB distribution for both <a href="magic.s5.be.txt">big-endian</a> (for example, Sparc) and <a href="magic.s5.le.txt">little-endian</a> (for example, x86) architectures.</p> <p>The <b>file</b>(1) utility <b>magic</b>(5) information for Release 3.X of Ian Darwin's implementation of the file utility (as distributed by FreeBSD and most Linux distributions) is included in the Berkeley DB distribution. This <a href="magic.txt">magic.txt</a> information is correct for both big-endian and little-endian architectures.</p> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../dumpload/text.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../install/multiple.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="../../sleepycat/legal.html">Copyright (c) 1996-2003</a> <a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Sleepycat Software, Inc.</a> - All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>