File Command

[Julian Field]

At 17:43 04/09/2003, you wrote:
>Hi people,
>
>a quick one: in the default MailScanner.conf (from the tar 4.23-11 distro) I
>have the following:
>
># Where the "file" command is installed.
># This is used for checking the content type of files, regardless of their
># filename.
># To disable Filetype checking, set this value to blank.
>File Command = #/usr/bin/file
>
>Now, that "#" just before /usr/bin/file, does it imply the command is
>commented out and won't be executed? or is it required?

As the line above "File Command" says, setting it to blank disables
filetype checking. The "#" at the start of /usr/bin/file comments out the
rest of the line, leaving the value blank. This therefore disables filetype
checking. Just ignore everything after a "#" and it will be obvious :-)



>I can't figure this out just by browsing the code and I as I haven't finished
>configuration, I hoped someone answered before I try it out.
>
>TIA
>
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>Mariano Absatz
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