[haiku-development] Re: File command?
- From: Rene Gollent <anevilyak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:46:56 -0400
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not sure what exactly the purpose of file is, but the expectations of a
> CLI user may depend on the exact situation. For example, bypassing the Haiku
> mime detection may actually be the point of using file.
>
file's main purpose is to figure out the type of a file by looking at
its contents, mimetype is only one possible output (it otherwise
outputs a human readable name for the type, as well as whatever detail
information it can figure out, i.e. the codecs/bitrate present in
media files).
Regards,
Rene
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