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NAME
File::MimeInfo::Cookbook - various code snippets
DESCRIPTION
Some code snippets for non-basic uses of the File::MimeInfo module:
Matching an extension
A file does not have to actually exist in order to get a mimetype for it. This means
that the following will work:
my $extension = '*.txt';
my $mimetype = mimetype( $extension );
Mimetyping an scalar
If you want to find the mimetype of a scalar value you need magic mimetyping; after
all a scalar doesn't have a filename or inode. What you need to do is to use
IO::Scalar :
use File::MimeInfo::Magic;
use IO::Scalar;
my $io_scalar = new IO::Scalar \$data;
my $mimetype = mimetype( $io_scalar );
In fact most other "IO::" will work as long as they support the "seek()" and "read()"
methods. Of course if you want really obscure things to happen you can always write
your own IO object and feed it in there.
Be aware that when using a filehandle like this you need to set the ":utf8" binmode
yourself if appropriate.
Mimetyping a filehandle
Regrettably for non-seekable filehandles like STDIN simply using an "IO::" object will
not work. You will need to buffer enough of the data for a proper mimetyping. For
example you could mimetype data from STDIN like this:
use File::MimeInfo::Magic;
use IO::Scalar;
my $data;
read(STDIN, $data, $File::MimeInfo::Magic::max_buffer);
my $io_scalar = new IO::Scalar \$data;
my $mimetype = mimetype( $io_scalar );
Be aware that when using a filehandle like this you need to set the ":utf8" binmode
yourself if appropriate.
Creating a new filename
Say you have a temporary file that you want to save with a more proper filename.
use File::MimeInfo::Magic qw#mimetype extensions#;
use File::Copy;
my $tmpfile = '/tmp/foo';
my $mimetype = mimetype($tmpfile);
my $extension = extensions($mimetype);
my $newfile = 'untitled1';
$newfile .= '.'.$extension if length $extension;
move($tmpfile, $newfile);
Force the use of a certain database directory
Normally you just need to add the dir where your mime database lives to either the
XDG_DATA_HOME or XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variables for it to be found. But in some
rare cases you may want to by-pass this system all together. Try one of the following:
@File::MimeInfo::DIRS = ('/home/me/share/mime');
eval 'use File::MimeInfo';
die if $@;
or:
use File::MimeInfo;
@File::MimeInfo::DIRS = ('/home/me/share/mime');
File::MimeInfo->rehash();
This can also be used for switching between databases at run time while leaving other
XDG configuration stuff alone.
AUTHOR
Jaap Karssenberg <pardus AT cpan.org> Maintained by Michiel Beijen <michiel.beijen AT gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005, 2012 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free
software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
File::MimeInfo
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