From: Eero Saynatkari <eero.saynatkari@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T02:56:57+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?

On *x systems, you can use the 'file' utility.

$ file filename.ext

> thanks,
> Dan


-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.