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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index c708a29c..9d050b47 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -289,6 +289,16 @@ This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory See also C<$h-E<gt>is_file>, C<$h-E<gt>is_dir>, C<$h-E<gt>stat>. +=item $description = $h->file ($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). + =item $autosync = $h->get_autosync (); Get the autosync flag. |