= FileMagic Library Binding
== VERSION
This documentation refers to filemagic version 0.7.0
== DESCRIPTION
FileMagic extension module. See also libmagic(3), file(1) and magic(4).
=== Constants
<tt>MAGIC_NONE</tt>:: No flags
<tt>MAGIC_DEBUG</tt>:: Turn on debugging
<tt>MAGIC_SYMLINK</tt>:: Follow symlinks
<tt>MAGIC_COMPRESS</tt>:: Check inside compressed files
<tt>MAGIC_DEVICES</tt>:: Look at the contents of devices
<tt>MAGIC_MIME</tt>:: Return a mime string
<tt>MAGIC_CONTINUE</tt>:: Return all matches, not just the first
<tt>MAGIC_CHECK</tt>:: Print warnings to stderr
=== Methods
<tt>file(filename)</tt>:: Returns a textual description of the contents
of the filename argument
<tt>buffer(string)</tt>:: Returns a textual description of the contents
of the string argument
<tt>check(filename)</tt>:: Checks the validity of entries in the database
file passed in as filename
<tt>compile(filename)</tt>:: Compiles the database file passed in as filename
<tt>load(filename)</tt>:: Loads the database file passed in as filename
<tt>close()</tt>:: Closes the magic database and frees any memory
allocated
=== Synopsis
require 'filemagic'
p FileMagic::VERSION
p FileMagic::MAGIC_VERSION
p FileMagic.new.flags
FileMagic.open(:mime) { |fm|
p fm.flags
p fm.file(__FILE__)
p fm.file(__FILE__, true)
fm.flags = [:raw, :continue]
p fm.flags
}
fm = FileMagic.new
p fm.flags
mime = FileMagic.mime
p mime.flags
=== Environment
The environment variable +MAGIC+ can be used to set the default magic file name.
=== Installation
Install the gem:
sudo gem install ruby-filemagic
The file(1) library and headers are required:
Debian/Ubuntu:: +libmagic-dev+
Fedora/SuSE:: +file-devel+
Gentoo:: +sys-libs/libmagic+
OS X:: <tt>brew install libmagic</tt>
== LINKS
Homepage:: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Documentation:: https://blackwinter.github.com/ruby-filemagic
Source code:: https://github.com/blackwinter/ruby-filemagic
RubyGem:: https://rubygems.org/gems/ruby-filemagic
Travis CI:: https://travis-ci.org/blackwinter/ruby-filemagic
== AUTHORS
* Travis Whitton <mailto:tinymountain@gmail.com> (Original author)
* Jens Wille <mailto:jens.wille@gmail.com>
== CREDITS
* Martin Carpenter <mailto:mcarpenter@free.fr> for Ruby 1.9.2 compatibility
and other improvements.
== COPYING
The filemagic extension library is copywrited free software by Travis Whitton
<tinymountain@gmail.com>. You can redistribute it under the terms specified in
the COPYING file of the Ruby distribution.
== WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.