This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the GNU file management utilities. This package is maintained by Michael Stone and built from sources obtained from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/fileutils-4.1.tar.gz This debian package was first put together by Ian Murdock , from fileutils-3.12. It was later maintained by Erick Branderhorst and Galen Hazelwood . Certain patches and bug-fixes made by the previous maintainers have since been integrated into the upstream source. Changes: * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files * install.c: Added extra options to invocation of strip * minor documentation changes * at times, bug fixes awaiting inclusion in the upstream source GNU fileutils are Copyright (C) 1985-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'. Manual (fileutils.info) Copyright (C) 1994, 95, 96, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".