DSBMime is an easy to use, fast C library to identify the MIME type of files.
0.1.1
# tar xf libdsbmime-0.1.1.tgz && cd libdsbmime-0.1.1 && make install
LIBRARY
MIME type determining library (libdsbmime, -ldsbmime)
SYNOPSIS
#include <dsbmime.h>
int
dsbmime_init(void);
char *
dsbmime_get_type(const char *file);
void
dsbmime_cleanup(void);
DESCRIPTION
libdsbmime is a C library to identify a file's MIME type by using
freedesktop.org's Shared MIME database package. Before using any other
function of the library, dsbmime_init() must be called. The function
dsbmime_get_type() returns the MIME type of the given file as a string
stored in a static buffer. Subsequent calls to the same function will
modify that buffer. In order to free memory used by the library, the
function dsbmime_cleanup() can be called.
RETURN VALUES
dsbmime_init() returns -1 if an error has occurred, else 0.
dsbmime_get_type() returns a pointer to a string containing the file's
MIME type, or NULL if the file type could not be determined. If an
error has occurred, NULL is returned and errno is set.
FILES
/usr/local/share/mime/globs2
/usr/local/share/mime/magic