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[vset VERSION 2.0]
[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin fileutil::magic::filetype n [vset VERSION]]
[see_also file(1)]
[see_also fileutil]
[see_also magic(5)]
[keywords {file recognition}]
[keywords {file type}]
[keywords {file utilities}]
[keywords type]
[moddesc   {file utilities}]
[titledesc {Procedures implementing file-type recognition}]
[category  {Programming tools}]
[require Tcl "8.6 9"]
[require fileutil::magic::filetype [opt [vset VERSION]]]
[description]
[para]

This package provides a command for the recognition of file types in
pure Tcl.

[para]

The core part of the recognizer was generated from a "magic(5)" file
containing the checks to perform to recognize files, and associated
file-types.

[para]

[emph Beware!] This recognizer is large, about 752 Kilobyte of
generated Tcl code.

[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd ::fileutil::magic::filetype] [arg filename]]

This command is similar to the command [cmd fileutil::fileType].

[para]

Returns a list containing a list of descriptions, a list of mimetype
components, and a list file extensions.  Returns an empty string if the file
content is not recognized.


[list_end]

[section REFERENCES]

[list_begin enumerated]
[enum]
[uri ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ {File(1) sources}]

This site contains the current sources for the file command, including
the magic definitions used by it. The latter were used by us to
generate this recognizer.

[list_end]

[vset CATEGORY {fileutil :: magic}]
[include ../common-text/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]