Re: [LIP] Using libmagic to check file type

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 09:30:12AM +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:
> I was under the impression that file(1) uses libmagic which inturn reads a
> file of 'magic' patterns for the tests and the same file also has the 'file
> type string' to be printed.
> 
> And looking at libmagic(3)
> 
>   ...
>   The magic_file() function returns a textual description of the contents of
>   the filename argument, or NULL if an error occurred.  If the filename is
>   NULL, then stdin is used.
>   ...

This is my question. Do I have to use this return string, or is there
an enumeration of various file types, say, as integers? The file
program source code just needs the string, since it is a mere wrapper
around the magic_file function.

Thanks.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah

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