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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml index bf3e6379..b7878506 100755 --- a/src/generator.ml +++ b/src/generator.ml @@ -1449,7 +1449,10 @@ 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 +This call will also transparently look inside various types +of compressed file. + +The exact command which runs is C<file -zbsL path>. Note in particular that the filename is not prepended to the output (the C<-b> option)."); @@ -2914,7 +2917,7 @@ were rarely if ever used anyway. See also C<guestfs_sfdisk> and the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage."); - ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "method"; String "path"]), 140, [], + ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "method"; String "path"]), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"], [], "determine file type inside a compressed file", "\ @@ -2923,7 +2926,8 @@ using C<method>. C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>. -See also: C<guestfs_file>"); +Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now +process compressed files."); ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [String "path"]), 141, [], [], |