Hello, I am attempting to verify my understanding of how mime type assignment works in s3cmd. I'm hoping this post will make this detail easier to find for others seeking it too.
I looked at the S3.py code and surmised that the "python-magic" module will attempt to be used if present. If it is not present, a warning: "WARNING: Module python-magic is not available. Guessing MIME types based on file extensions." will be issued and s3cmd will guess the mime type for application by use of the "mimetypes" module. As I understand, the "mimetypes" module (which seems to be a stock python module) looks to the OS for a mime type mapping file and uses that to assign mime types to files uploaded to S3. On my AWS linux S3 uploading host, that file seems to be /etc/mime.types, which appears to be a fully fledged map file and appropriate for this use. Is this understanding accurate? Thanks, Mike # python Python 2.6.9 (unknown, Mar 28 2014, 00:06:37) [GCC 4.8.2 20131212 (Red Hat 4.8.2-7)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import mimetypes >>> mimetypes.init() >>> mimetypes.knownfiles ['/etc/mime.types', '/etc/httpd/mime.types', '/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types', '/etc/apache/mime.types', '/etc/apache2/mime.types', '/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types', '/usr/local/lib/netscape/mime.types', '/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types', '/usr/local/etc/mime.types'] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ S3tools-general mailing list S3tools-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/s3tools-general
