Re: evaluate file type
| From: | Jason Wong | Date: | Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:27:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: evaluate file type | ||
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On Monday 25 February 2002 17:22, Nautilis wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> I am wondering if there is any way to evaluate which kind of file i have on
> my server.
>
> Explanation:
>
> I have a website where i upload some files for my registered users. I
> upload every file to a certain folder. Every user has his own folder so i
> upload some files to some users and some other to other users. I create a
> list with readdir so i can show a list of files that user can download.
>
> What I am trying to do is to evaluate the extension of that file so i can
> show an icon, at least for certain types, for example PDF, GIF, JPG. ZIP
> and WORD documents, and a general icon for the rest of file extensions.
>
> Anybody can point me into the right direction for evaluate this?
If you're using Linux there is a command called 'file' which does a good job
identifying what type a particular file is.
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Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
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