On 21 Feb 2004, at 19:03, John wrote:
I want to test if a file is a gif image or not.
Is it practicable using a module?
perldoc File::MMagic
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
die "Usage: $0 directory\n" unless @ARGV > 0;
use File::Find; use File::MMagic;
my $mm = File::MMagic->new; find sub { return if -d $_ or -l $_; my $type = $mm->checktype_filename($_); return unless $type =~ /gif/i; print "$File::Find::name: $type\n"; }, @ARGV;
I just happen to be reading an excellent series of articles by Randal ... You should read them as well...
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Jerry
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