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Description: get the mimetype of a file directly in Ruby
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/mimetype-fu/
Clone URL: git://github.com/mattetti/mimetype-fu.git
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file MIT-LICENSE Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
file README Tue Jun 17 19:35:53 -0700 2008 updated github url [mattetti]
file Rakefile Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
file init.rb Wed Jun 13 21:22:46 -0700 2007 moved the constant to be set only once [mattAimonetti]
file install.rb Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
directory lib/ Sat Jul 19 07:23:15 -0700 2008 getting ready for a GitHub pull request... [Peter Vandenberk]
directory spec/ Wed Jun 13 21:22:46 -0700 2007 moved the constant to be set only once [mattAimonetti]
directory tasks/ Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
directory test/ Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
file uninstall.rb Wed Jun 13 15:20:31 -0700 2007 add plugin structure [mattAimonetti]
README
MimetypeFu
==========

Some great Rails plugins like attachment_fu use the content type/mime type of a file to validate the instance of an 
object.
The plugin usually gets the mime type using the CGI request, however, if the file is already in the system, this 
approach won't work.
Adobe Flash is also known not to send the proper mime type.
As an alternative, I wrote mimetype_fu, a simple plugin which will try to guess the mimetype of a file based on its 
extension.

Note that mimetype_fu only looks at the extension to define its mime type if you are using Windows!

http://github.com/mattetti/mimetype-fu

Thanks to forestcarlisle for his big report and patch.


Copyright (c) 2008 Matt Aimonetti, released under the MIT license