From: Daniel Greig <dgreig@...>
Date: 2006-08-11T16:38:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting a files mime-type

Daniel Greig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone tell me if there is a simple way to get the mime-type of a 
> file?
> (I've seen the Mime::Type library, but haven't figured out how to use 
> it).
> I'm trying to check the type before processing a bunch of files on disk 
> (and ignoring files that I'm not interested in. Is there a better way 
> than using the file extension?
> 
> thanks,
> Dan

oops, content_type/mime_type is available when a file is transfered via 
the web, but it seems not from disk. It was a rails function I was 
thinking of (content_type) for uploaded files.
my bad...

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