Re: Any Win32 version of "file"?

Have you folks looked at uwin from AT&T Labs? Basically unix tools on windows. Has file and a host of other tools. Here's a link to the utilities list:

http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/man/utilities.html

Here's the licensing blurb:

UWIN binaries are available for educational, research, and evaluation purposes through this web site. Commercial licenses for UWIN can be obtained from Global Technologies Ltd., Inc. or Wipro International.

 From the main page:

http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/

Robert Goto wrote:
> It depends upon what you are trying to do. If you are trying to identify

>>Ricci Ieong wrote:
>>
>>>In unix system, there is a tool -- file, which can be used for

>>>the version and type of file.
>>>
>>>Do you know is there any win32 version of this tool? Where can I

>>>that?
>>
>>I searched google with cygwin+"file utility" and it showed a message of
>>Stephen Samuel on this mailinglist from Aug 14, 2002 :
>>
>>[citation]
>>...
>>The Cygwin utilities ( 
http://www.cygwin.com/ ) give you access to
>>many UNIX utilities (like 'file') under windows, if you have to run
>>your machine under that OS.
>>[/citation]
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