Re: MIME type meta-data

In a message dated: 04 Mar 2003 14:35:49 CST
Karl Fogel said:

>> I've had a look at the source and noticed that there is a function
>> svn_io_detect_mimetype which decides this value. Is the plan to use this
>> at some point to map some suitable identifier (file extensions for
>> instance) to a MIME type?
>
>If we can do so reliably. Are extensions considered reliable? I
>don't know what the conventional wisdom is on this subject.

I wouldn't say that file extensions are always reliable, however,
couldn't you use something like a "magic number" to determine the
file type, then map that to a mime-type?

The file(1) depends upon the /etc/magic and /usr/share/misc/magic
files, and maps the data returned from the stat(2) call to these
files to determine type. Granted, this is very UNIX centric, but if
other platforms don't natively contain these files, couldn't svn or
apr ship with their own versions for those platforms like file(1)
does?

Just a thought.

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