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36 .Nm magic_descriptor ,
44 .Nm magic_load_buffers ,
48 .Nd Magic number recognition library
54 .Fn magic_open "int flags"
56 .Fn magic_close "magic_t cookie"
58 .Fn magic_error "magic_t cookie"
60 .Fn magic_errno "magic_t cookie"
62 .Fn magic_descriptor "magic_t cookie" "int fd"
64 .Fn magic_file "magic_t cookie" "const char *filename"
66 .Fn magic_buffer "magic_t cookie" "const void *buffer" "size_t length"
68 .Fn magic_getflags "magic_t cookie"
70 .Fn magic_setflags "magic_t cookie" "int flags"
72 .Fn magic_check "magic_t cookie" "const char *filename"
74 .Fn magic_compile "magic_t cookie" "const char *filename"
76 .Fn magic_list "magic_t cookie" "const char *filename"
78 .Fn magic_load "magic_t cookie" "const char *filename"
80 .Fn magic_load_buffers "magic_t cookie" "void **buffers" "size_t *sizes" "size_t nbuffers"
82 .Fn magic_getparam "magic_t cookie" "int param" "void *value"
84 .Fn magic_setparam "magic_t cookie" "int param" "const void *value"
86 .Fn magic_version "void"
89 operate on the magic database file
92 .Xr magic __FSECTION__ .
96 creates a magic cookie pointer and returns it.
99 if there was an error allocating the magic cookie.
102 argument specifies how the other magic functions should behave:
103 .Bl -tag -width MAGIC_COMPRESS
107 Print debugging messages to stderr.
109 If the file queried is a symlink, follow it.
110 .It Dv MAGIC_COMPRESS
111 If the file is compressed, unpack it and look at the contents.
113 If the file is a block or character special device, then open the device
114 and try to look in its contents.
115 .It Dv MAGIC_MIME_TYPE
116 Return a MIME type string, instead of a textual description.
117 .It Dv MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING
118 Return a MIME encoding, instead of a textual description.
120 A shorthand for MAGIC_MIME_TYPE | MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING.
121 .It Dv MAGIC_CONTINUE
122 Return all matches, not just the first.
124 Check the magic database for consistency and print warnings to stderr.
125 .It Dv MAGIC_PRESERVE_ATIME
126 On systems that support
130 attempt to preserve the access time of files analysed.
132 Don't translate unprintable characters to a \eooo octal representation.
134 Treat operating system errors while trying to open files and follow symlinks
135 as real errors, instead of printing them in the magic buffer.
137 Return the Apple creator and type.
138 .It Dv MAGIC_EXTENSION
139 Return a slash-separated list of extensions for this file type.
140 .It Dv MAGIC_COMPRESS_TRANSP
141 Don't report on compression, only report about the uncompressed data.
142 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_APPTYPE
145 application type (only on EMX).
146 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_CDF
147 Don't get extra information on MS Composite Document Files.
148 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_COMPRESS
149 Don't look inside compressed files.
150 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_ELF
151 Don't print ELF details.
152 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_ENCODING
153 Don't check text encodings.
154 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_SOFT
155 Don't consult magic files.
156 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TAR
157 Don't examine tar files.
158 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TEXT
159 Don't check for various types of text files.
160 .It Dv MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TOKENS
161 Don't look for known tokens inside ascii files.
167 .Xr magic __FSECTION__
168 database and deallocates any resources used.
172 function returns a textual explanation of the last error, or
174 if there was no error.
178 function returns the last operating system error number
180 that was encountered by a system call.
184 function returns a textual description of the contents of the
188 if an error occurred.
197 function returns a textual description of the contents of the
201 if an error occurred.
205 function returns a textual description of the contents of the
213 functions returns a value representing current
222 Note that using both MIME flags together can also
223 return extra information on the charset.
227 function can be used to check the validity of entries in the colon
228 separated database files passed in as
232 for the default database.
233 It returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
237 function can be used to compile the colon
238 separated list of database files passed in as
242 for the default database.
243 It returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
244 The compiled files created are named from the
246 of each file argument with
252 function dumps all magic entries in a human readable format,
253 dumping first the entries that are matched against binary files and then the
254 ones that match text files.
255 It takes and optional
257 argument which is a colon separated list of database files, or
259 for the default database.
263 function must be used to load the colon
264 separated list of database files passed in as
268 for the default database file before any magic queries can performed.
270 The default database file is named by the MAGIC environment variable.
271 If that variable is not set, the default database file name is __MAGIC__.
275 to the database filename as appropriate.
278 .Fn magic_load_buffers
279 function takes an array of size
283 with a respective size for each in the array of
285 loaded with the contents of the magic databases from the filesystem.
286 This function can be used in environment where the magic library does
287 not have direct access to the filesystem, but can access the magic
288 database via shared memory or other IPC means.
294 allow getting and setting various limits related to the magic
296 .Bl -column "MAGIC_PARAM_ELF_PHNUM_MAX" "size_t" "Default" -offset indent
297 .It Sy "Parameter" Ta Sy "Type" Ta Sy "Default"
298 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_INDIR_MAX Ta size_t Ta 15
299 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_NAME_MAX Ta size_t Ta 30
300 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_ELF_NOTES_MAX Ta size_t Ta 256
301 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_ELF_PHNUM_MAX Ta size_t Ta 128
302 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_ELF_SHNUM_MAX Ta size_t Ta 32768
303 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_REGEX_MAX Ta size_t Ta 8192
304 .It Li MAGIC_PARAM_BYTES_MAX Ta size_t Ta 1048576
308 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_INDIR_RECURSION
309 parameter controls how many levels of recursion will be followed for
310 indirect magic entries.
313 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_NAME_RECURSION
314 parameter controls how many levels of recursion will be followed for
318 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_NAME_MAX
319 parameter controls the maximum number of calls for name/use.
322 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_NOTES_MAX
323 parameter controls how many ELF notes will be processed.
326 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_PHNUM_MAX
327 parameter controls how many ELF program sections will be processed.
330 .Dv MAGIC_PARAM_SHNUM_MAX
331 parameter controls how many ELF sections will be processed.
335 command returns the version number of this library which is compiled into
336 the shared library using the constant
340 This can be used by client programs to verify that the version they compile
341 against is the same as the version that they run against.
345 returns a magic cookie on success and
347 on failure setting errno to an appropriate value.
350 if an unsupported value for flags was given.
357 functions return 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
363 functions return a string on success and
368 function returns a textual description of the errors of the above
371 if there was no error.
374 always returns the version number of the library.
377 returns \-1 on systems that don't support
382 .Dv MAGIC_PRESERVE_ATIME
385 .Bl -tag -width __MAGIC__.mgc -compact
387 The non-compiled default magic database.
389 The compiled default magic database.
392 .Xr file __CSECTION__ ,
393 .Xr magic __FSECTION__
395 .An M\(oans Rullg\(oard
396 Initial libmagic implementation, and configuration.
398 API cleanup, error code and allocation handling.