Re: Determine mime type of a file

[Dirk Laurie <dpl@...>]

On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 11:09:49AM +0200, steve donovan wrote:
> Why not just this? ;)
> 
> local type = io.popen('file -i '..myfile):read()
> 
Because one should make a habit of not choosing a local variable name
that would shadow a basic library function?

D.