* Hilko Bengen: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> File::Type uses magic numbers (typically at the start of a file) to >> determine the MIME type of that file. >> >> File::Type can use either a filename, or file contents, to determine the >> type of a file. >> >> (Another svk dependency.) > > Does its feature differ from File::MMagic (libfile-mmagic-perl)?
Not really. Actually File::Type appears to be inferior because it doesn't use the magic(5) configuration files of the system.
