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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages file)
+ #:use-module (distro)
+ #:use-module (guix licenses)
+ #:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (guix download)
+ #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public file
+ (package
+ (name "file")
+ (version "5.12")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256 (base32
+ "08ix4xrvan0k80n0l5lqfmc4azjv5lyhvhwdxny4r09j5smhv78r"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (synopsis "file, a file type guesser")
+ (description
+ "The file command is a file type guesser, a command-line tool that tells
+you in words what kind of data a file contains. It does not rely on filename
+extentions to tell you the type of a file, but looks at the actual contents
+of the file.")
+ (license bsd-2)
+ (home-page "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/")))