bug#45321: file -b reports PHP file as C++ file

[Pádraig Brady]

On 19/12/2020 12:10, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 3:37 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is expected. I'm working on CentOS 7, x86_64,
> > fully patched.
> >
> > I expected to see the PHP file below classified as a PHP script, like:
> >
> >      # file -b rest.php
> >      PHP script, ASCII text

file is not one of the GNU coreutils.
`man file` on my linux system lists a bug tracker for file.

cheers,
Pádraig