Lintian::Index::FileInfo(3)
๐ Lintian::Index::FileInfo ๐
okay so bestie, welcome to the Lintian::Index::FileInfo page from the Debian Package Checker Lintian manual. yes it's a whole manual page for one little module and yes it's iconic of it. sit down, hydrate, let's go ๐ซถ
โจ NAME โจ
Lintian::Index::FileInfo โ determine file type via magic.
like. actual magic. that's the whole vibe check. ๐ฎ
๐ธ SYNOPSIS ๐ธ
use Lintian::Index;
that's it. that's the whole synopsis. short and slay. ๐
๐ฆ DESCRIPTION ๐ฆ
Lintian::Index::FileInfo determines file type via magic.
that's literally what it says, fr fr. it looks at a file and figures out what kind of file it is, through magic. no notes, no elaboration, the page is giving minimalist main character energy and honestly? obsessed. โจ
๐ INSTANCE METHODS ๐
add_fileinfoโ this is the instance method listed here, bestie. the original page names it and that's it, so that's all i'm telling you โ no invented deets, no cap. ๐
๐ AUTHOR ๐
Originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian.
shoutout to Felix, absolute legend, thank you for your service ๐ซก๐
๐ SEE ALSO ๐
go read that one next, it's the gateway drug iykyk ๐
and that's the whole page, bestie!! Lintian v2.114.0ubuntu1.8, dated 2026-05-06 โ that's the source/version and the date, folded in here at the end like a lil goodbye kiss. go determine some file types via magic, you got this ๐โจ๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- ubuntu jammy: lintian 2.114.0ubuntu1.8 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms