Class: File
- Inherits:
-
Object
- Object
- File
- Defined in:
- lib/file_signature.rb
Class Method Summary collapse
-
.magic_number_type(file_name) ⇒ Object
Detect the file’s data type by opening the file then using IO#magic_number_type to read the first few bytes.
-
.mime_type(file_name) ⇒ Object
Detect the file’s data type by opening the file then using IO#magic_number_type to read the first few bytes.
Class Method Details
.magic_number_type(file_name) ⇒ Object
Detect the file’s data type by opening the file then using IO#magic_number_type to read the first few bytes.
Return a magic number type symbol, e.g. :bitmap, :jpg, etc. Returns nil if the data type is unknown
Example:
File.magic_number_type("test.ps")
=> :postscript
See
- IO::MagicNumberTypeMap
- IO::MimeTypeMap
- IO#magic_number_type
- IO#mime_type
- File.mime_type
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# File 'lib/file_signature.rb', line 319 def self.magic_number_type(file_name) File.open(file_name,"rb"){|f| f.magic_number_type } end |
.mime_type(file_name) ⇒ Object
Detect the file’s data type by opening the file then using IO#magic_number_type to read the first few bytes.
Return the MIME type of the file. Returns ‘application/octet-stream’ for unknown types.
Example:
File.mime_type("test.ps")
=> "application/postscript"
See
- IO::MagicNumberTypeMap
- IO::MimeTypeMap
- IO#magic_number_type
- IO#mime_type
- File.magic_number_type
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# File 'lib/file_signature.rb', line 340 def self.mime_type(file_name) File.open(file_name,"rb"){|f| f.mime_type } end |