Short:        AB script implementation of "file"
Author:       lorylombus@gmail.com (Lorence Lombardo)
Uploader:     lorylombus@gmail.com (Lorence Lombardo)
Type:         util/moni
Architecture: m68k-amigaos; generic
Version:      7-Mar-2026


This is a script implementation of "file" to determine file types,
making use of the native side "file" under AmiBerry.  

This also happens to be my first applied sfront script.

I am using the "host-run" as supplied here:-

http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/ab_yam_host.txt
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/ab_yam_host.lha

Mostly people will only have to set their user name and system
prefix at the top to use this script.

The system prefix I am refering to is the system root directory "/"
and in my UAE configuration is as follows:-

filesystem2=rw,DH1:World:/,0
uaehf1=dir,rw,DH1:World:/,0

My AmiBerry-lite configurations are located in
"/home/username/Amiberry-Lite/conf/".

It is my preference to only support specifying a fake magic file
for compatibility with bgpk scripts, in favor of the system
magic file and efficiency.

In bgpk scripts you would typically change the following:-
 
set fexe "c:file"
set fmag "c:file.magic"

to:-

set fexe "c:file_ab"
set fmag "c:file_ab.readme"

in order to use this script with bgpk.


Related URL's:-

http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/sfront.txt
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/sfront.lha
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/waitfile.txt
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/waitfile.lha
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/bgpk.txt
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/bgpk.lha
http://geocities.ws/lorylomb/