-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian wrote: > What is the method of determining, for instance, that a file is a pdf? > It's not always the case that a file that is a pdf ends in .pdf. Is it > possible to download just header information in order to get the mime > type of a file, and then choose whether or not to download the file?
See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?20378 Note that such checks necessitate extra queries to the server, in order to determine the content-type before requesting a full download. - -- Micah J. Cowan Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer. GNU Maintainer: wget, screen, teseq http://micah.cowan.name/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl9G68ACgkQ7M8hyUobTrHLnQCfb63M+3xg9U1NGbIj//ooqCWx bIQAn0cjPmwQvgElqxQ1nINFORrG8ac9 =QQwz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
