Am 2009-01-25 18:10:55, schrieb Micah Cowan: > 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.
But even this could be eroneous...
If you have a CGI which output the file, no one knows....
However, most Webbrowser under Linux do the right thing
by using "file" to determiner what file it is...
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