https://github.com/mbeijen/file-mimeinfo

Perl module for determining file types using the freedesktop.org shared mime-info database
https://github.com/mbeijen/file-mimeinfo

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Perl module for determining file types using the freedesktop.org shared mime-info database

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mbeijen/file-mimeinfo
• Owner: mbeijen
• Created: 2013-06-03T19:02:07.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-25T19:14:05.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-25T20:29:40.412Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: freedesktop-mime-database, mimetypes, perl
• Language: Perl
• Homepage: https://metacpan.org/module/File::MimeInfo
• Size: 213 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 11
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  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: Changes

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# File-MimeInfo

This module can be used to determine the mime type of a file; it's a

replacement for [File::MMagic](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::MMagic)

trying to implement the freedesktop specification for using the shared

mime-info database. The package comes with a script called `mimetype`

that can be used as a `file(1)` work-alike.

Because this module uses the FreeDesktop MIME database, it's most

suited for use in perl scripts that run on a desktop OS; in fact,

this module is typically pre-installed on Debian and Ubuntu OSes

so you can use its command line script `mimeopen` to open files in

the GUI just like you can use `open` on macOS.

## INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

    perl Makefile.PL

    make

    make test

    make install

## DEPENDENCIES

This module expects the freedesktop mime database to be installed,

some linux distributions include it, otherwise it can obtained

from:

  http://freedesktop.org/Software/shared-mime-info

This module requires these other modules which can be obtained from

the [CPAN](https://metacpan.org) if they are not already installed on

your system:

* Carp

* Exporter

* Fcntl

* Pod::Usage

* File::Basename

* File::BaseDir

* File::DesktopEntry

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2003, 2008 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.