Bug 78875 - file does not return proper mime types
Summary: file does not return proper mime types
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: file
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Radek Vokál
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-12-02 17:16 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-08-16 07:57:20 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2002-12-02 17:16:16 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 
1.0.3705)

Description of problem:
Running "file -i" does not always return a valid MIME type. In my case I tested 
a pdf file and expected a return value of "application/pdf", but got "PDF 
document". When asking 'file' for MIME output the default magic file 
is "/usr/share/magic.mime". Investigating this file shows that one would get 
non-MIME strings in many other cases.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): file-3.35-2


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute 'file -i my_pdf_file.pdf'
	

Actual Results:  file: Using regular magic file `/usr/share/magic.mime'
my_pdf_file.pdf: PDF document


Expected Results:  file: Using regular magic file `/usr/share/magic.mime'
my_pdf_file.pdf: application/pdf


Additional info:

Mime types may be found here: http://www.isi.edu/in-
notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types

Comment 1 Radek Vokál 2004-08-16 07:57:20 UTC
fixed in file-4.10-1


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