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Subject: RE: CPIO with solaris 9 flash archives
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:12:14 +0100
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> > > Out of curiosity, what does `file 
> v240-disbox-v1-08-archive' print?
> > 
> > hmm, I don't seem to have the file command. what package is it in?
> 
> file

doh!
silly me - I was expecting it to be in a standard library.
it would help if was looking at the full list of packages too!

E:\>file v240-disbox-v1-08-archive
v240-disbox-v1-08-archive: data

which basically means it doesn't recognise it, doesn't it?

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