1) There's also MagicKit, an Obj-C wrapper around libmagic: https://github.com/aidansteele/MagicKit
2) If you just want to know if something is an image, just try loading it: [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:data] If -initWithData: returns nil, it is not an image. Jakob On 28.09.2013, at 23:29, Charles Srstka <cocoa...@charlessoft.com> wrote: > On Sep 28, 2013, at 4:17 PM, Devarshi Kulshreshtha > <devarshi.bluec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 1. Is there any other way to identify file extension for the files without >> extensions, say from NSData object? > > Have a look at the files in /usr/share/file/magic/ to get some ideas of how > to identify various types of files. > > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jakob%40eggerapps.at > > This email sent to ja...@eggerapps.at _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com