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diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod index 50ecfec6..606c5b93 100644 --- a/guestfish-actions.pod +++ b/guestfish-actions.pod @@ -236,6 +236,18 @@ This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory See also C<is_file>, C<is_dir>, C<stat>. +=head2 file + + file path + +This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine +the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices, +for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem. + +The exact command which runs is C<file -bsL path>. Note in +particular that the filename is not prepended to the output +(the C<-b> option). + =head2 get-autosync get-autosync |