MIME database and QMimedata

[nupul]

well wysota, if possible...do me a favour....pls visit the link in my prev reply, and see if you can figure out how to make it work

Thanks

Nupul

[wysota]

I was there. xdgmime should be easy to use. Did you try it?

[nupul]

I just couldn't figure out how to use it....as the link to me to an ftp site...just listing the source files....I even downloaded the libsharedmime... but it just installed a lib and no where is it mentioned how to query it!!! maybe you could help

Thanks nupul

[wysota]

xdgmime looks better. There is an example in its sources how to use it. It should be enough to include its files directly into your project.

[Funklord]

I use the file command to determine file types, it has a huge database.

Usage: file [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Pardon me, I don't know which package installs this binary, it is very useful nevertheless.
You probably already have it.

[wysota]

The problem with file is that it returns a non-uniform and non-parsable data. Its output is readable for a human but not for a computer.

EDIT: I see it has a -i option which outputs mime-type instead of human readable strings. That's more interesting.