Module: Magic

Defined in:
lib/Magic.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.identify(target, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Return the magic strings for the target. Target: an IO, String of bytes, or Array of bytes. Options:

:show_all : Return all matches (default: on)
:follow_symlinks : Follow symlinks (default: on)
:allow_unprintable : Don't translate unprintable chars (default: on)
:archive_contents : Check inside compressed files
:device_contents : Look at the contents of devices
:mime : Return the MIME type and encoding
:apple :  Return the Apple creator and type
:magic_file : Override the default magic.conf file

NOTE: libmagic has a bug that results in the file descriptor being passed to it

being CLOSED after magic_descriptor() is called. Be advised that any
IO object passed to Magic.identfy() WILL BE CLOSED by the backend 
library.



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# File 'lib/Magic.rb', line 28

def self.identify( target, options={} )
  ext_identify( target, options )
end