Re: Determine mime type of a file

[steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Marco <netuse@lavabit.com> wrote:
> Can't find what? The “file” executable, the extension, the
> mime type? Anyway…

Sorry, I was thinking about the file extension and its mapping onto a MIME type.

That's another issue: in Windows just about everything is driven by
extensions, in Unix you need something like 'file' to have a quick
peek under the hood, checking binary signatures etc.  These different
philosophies make a cross-platform solution an interesting challenge.

steve d.