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## SECTION=shell_and_console

config FILE
	tristate
	select HOST_FILE
	select ZLIB
	select GCCLIBS_GCC_S
	prompt "file"
	help
	  The file command is "a file type guesser", that is, a command-line tool
	  that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains. Unlike most
	  GUI systems, command-line UNIX systems - with this program leading the
	  charge - don't rely on filename extentions to tell you the type of a
	  file, but look at the file's actual contents. This is, of course, more
	  reliable, but requires a bit of I/O.
	  
	  http://www.darwinsys.com/file/