Chapter 23. System Installation Notes
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## Chapter 23. System Installation Notes

## File utility /etc/magic information

The `file`(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 `file`(1) to correctly identify Berkeley DB database files.

The `file`(1) utility `magic`(5) information for the standard System V UNIX implementation of the `file`(1) utility is included in the Berkeley DB distribution for both big-endian (for example, Sparc) and little-endian (for example, x86) architectures.

The `file`(1) utility `magic`(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 magic.txt information is correct for both big-endian and little-endian architectures.

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