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execve("/usr/bin/file", ["file", "/"], [/* 30 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804c000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7718000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26279, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 26279, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7711000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\24\36\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) =
512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=43956, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7710000
mmap2(NULL, 42920, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7705000
mmap2(0xb770f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa) = 0xb770f000
mprotect(0xbf8cf000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC|PROT_GROWSDOWN) = 0
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\32\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=90192, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 92868, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb76ee000
mmap2(0xb7704000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15) = 0xb7704000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240o\1\0004\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1413288, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1427832, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7591000
mprotect(0xb76e7000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0xb76e8000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x156) = 0xb76e8000
mmap2(0xb76eb000, 10616, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb76eb000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7590000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb75906c0, limit:1048575,
seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0,
useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb76e8000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
writev(2, [{"file", 4}, {": ", 2}, {"symbol lookup error", 19}, {": ", 2},
{"/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1", 22}, {": ", 2}, {"undefined symbol: nomgc", 23},
{"", 0}, {"", 0}, {"\n", 1}], 10file: symbol lookup error:
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1: undefined symbol: nomgc
) = 75
exit_group(127) = ?
execve("/usr/bin/file", ["file", "/"], [/* 30 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804c000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb777c000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26203, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 26203, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7775000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300.\0\0004\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=130744, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7774000
mmap2(NULL, 129896, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7754000
mmap2(0xb7773000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1f) = 0xb7773000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\32\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=90192, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 92868, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb773d000
mmap2(0xb7753000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15) = 0xb7753000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240o\1\0004\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1413288, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1427832, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb75e0000
mprotect(0xb7736000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0xb7737000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x156) = 0xb7737000
mmap2(0xb773a000, 10616, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb773a000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb75df000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb75df6c0, limit:1048575,
seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0,
useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7737000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb7799000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7775000, 26203) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804c000
brk(0x806d000) = 0x806d000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1077936, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1077936, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb74d7000
close(3) = 0
stat64("/home/syo/.magic", 0xbfa2ed08) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26064, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 26064, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7775000
close(3) = 0
open("/etc/magic.mgc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
stat64("/etc/magic", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=111, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/magic", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=111, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb74d6000
read(3, "# Magic local data for file(1) c"..., 4096) = 111
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb74d6000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2226504, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2226504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb72b7000
close(3) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0666, st_rdev=makedev(1, 3), ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbfa2e6e4) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate
ioctl for device)
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb72b6000
lstat64("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
munmap(0xb72b7000, 2226504) = 0
write(1, "/: directory\n", 13) = 13
exit_group(0) = ?