Magic

Version: 0.7.3

type t

Magic "cookies".

exception Failure of string

Raised by the functions of this library when they fail. The string is an explanation of why the failure happened.

type flag =

`\|`	`Symlink`	`(*`	If the file queried is a symlink, follow it.	`*)`
`\|`	`Compress`	`(*`	If the file is compressed, unpack it and look at the contents.	`*)`
`\|`	`Devices`	`(*`	If the file is a block or character special device, then open the device and try to look in its contents.	`*)`
`\|`	`Mime`	`(*`	Return a mime string, instead of a textual description.	`*)`
`\|`	`Continue`	`(*`	Return all matches, not just the first.	`*)`
`\|`	`Check`	`(*`	Check the magic database for consistency and print warnings to stderr.	`*)`
`\|`	`Preserve_atime`	`(*`	On systems that support utime(2) or utimes(2), attempt to preserve the access time of files analyzed.	`*)`
`\|`	`Raw`	`(*`	Don't translate unprintable characters to a \ooo octal representation.	`*)`

val make : ?flags:flag list -> string list -> t

make ?flags filenames creates a magic cookie, loading the databases in filenames. If filenames = [], the default database is used.
Raises

Magic.Failure if there was an error allocating the magic cookie.
Sys_error if there was an operating system error.

flags : specifies how the other magic functions should behave (default: []).

val create : ?flags:flag list -> string list -> t

Deprecated.Synonym for Magic.make.

val close : t -> unit

close cookie frees the resources associated with the cookie c. You need not to close cookies as the resources will be freed by the garbage collector anyway.

val file : t -> string -> string

file cookie filename returns a textual description of the contents of the filename argument.
Raises

Magic.Failure if an error occurred.
Invalid_argument if the cookie is closed.
Sys_error if there was an operating system error.

val buffer : t -> ?len:int -> string -> string

file cookie ?len buf returns a textual description of the contents of the filename argument.
Raises

Magic.Failure if an error occurred.
Invalid_argument if cookie is closed or if one does not have 0 <= len <= String.length buf.

val setflags : t -> flag list -> unit

setflags cookie flags specifies how the other magic functions should behave.
Raises

Magic.Failure if the Magic.flag Preserve_atime is not supported by the operating system.
Invalid_argument if the cookie has been closed.

val load : t -> string list -> unit

load cookie filenames loads the the list of database files filenames, or [] for the default database file.
Raises

Invalid_argument if the cookie has been closed.
Sys_error if there was an operating system error.

val compile : t -> string list -> unit

compile cookie filenames compiles the the list of database files filenames, or [] for the default database. The compiled files created are named from the basename(1) of each file argument with ".mgc" appended to it.
Raises

Invalid_argument if the cookie has been closed.
Sys_error if there was an operating system error.

val check : t -> string list -> bool

check cookie filenames checks the validity of entries in the database files filenames, or [] for the default database.
Raises Invalid_argument if the cookie has been closed.

Module Magic