From: Riccardo Cecolin <rikiji@...>
Date: 2010-04-12T08:19:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding an icon for a file in Linux

John Bentley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a file manager and am looking for the best way to get the
> icon for a file type. I am assuming it uses mimetypes, but I haven't
> found a good solution yet. If anyone could point me in the right
> direction I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
>   
You could parse output of "file" command:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_%28command%29>