NAME

       fidentify - Determine file type using PhotoRec database

SYNOPSIS

       fidentify [--check] [directory|file]

       fidentify --version

DESCRIPTION

          fidentify identify the file type, the "extension", by using the same database than PhotoRec.
          When  a  file  or  directory  is specified, fidentify will output the type of file, or files under the
       specified directory.
          If given no arguments, fidentify will output type of files under current directory.
          fidentify is similar to file(1).

OPTIONS

       --check
              check the file format like PhotoRec does by default

SEE ALSO

       photorec(8),testdisk(8),file(1)

AUTHOR

       PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
       Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
       http://www.cgsecurity.org