1afile(1)                           Netatalk                           afile(1)
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NAME

6       afile  -  display  type  and creator of Apple Macintosh files (netatalk
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SYNOPSIS

10       afile [-a] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       afile displays the name and Macintosh type  and  creator  of  the  file
15       arguments.  Tests  whether  the file is an AppleDouble header, in which
16       case it checks the corresponding data fork exists, or assumes it  is  a
17       data  fork  in which case it looks for the corresponding AppleDouble to
18       find the type/creator information.
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20       afile does not look at any of  the  extension  mapping  files  such  as
21       AppleVolumes.system.
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OPTIONS

24       -a     Include  directories and data files of unknown type (i.e.  with‐
25              out corresponding AppleDouble) in output.
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DIAGNOSTICS

28       returns exit status 0 if all files have a corresponding  valid  .Apple‐
29       Double header or data fork, or 99 for bad command line options.  Other‐
30       wise it returns the following error code relating to the  last  invalid
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37       3 file is directory
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39       4 file is AppleDouble without data fork
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41       5 file is AppleDouble with unreadable data fork
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43       6 file is data fork without AppleDouble
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45       7 file is data fork with unreadable AppleDouble
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47       8 file is data fork with short AppleDouble
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49       9 bad magic in AppleDouble
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SEE ALSO

52       achfile(1), afpd(8)
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572.0.3                             26 Feb 1998                         afile(1)