Qore::Magic::Magic Class Reference

A low level wrapper around libmagic. More...

#include <magic.dox.h>

Public Member Methods
string	buffer (data data)
	Returns magic info for a data buffer.
string	buffer (data data, softint flags)
	Returns magic info for a data buffer.
	constructor ()
	Constructs a dummy.
	constructor (softint flags)
	Constructs specialized instance.
string	file (softstring fileName)
	Returns magic info for a file (path)
string	file (softstring fileName, softint flags)
	Returns magic info for a file (path)
	setFlags (softint flags)
	Resets new flags/features based on libmagic Constants.

Detailed Description

A low level wrapper around libmagic.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_FILESYSTEM

Example of use:

Magic m(MAGIC_MIME_TYPE);
printf("%y\n", m.file("/etc/resolv.conf"));

Resulting in:

"inode/symlink; charset=binary"

Member Function Documentation

buffer() [1/2]

string Qore::Magic::Magic::buffer

(

data

data

)

Returns magic info for a data buffer.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_FILESYSTEM

Parameters

data	a data to file to be examined

Return values

string

a text with requested info

buffer() [2/2]

string Qore::Magic::Magic::buffer	(	data	data,
		softint	flags )

Returns magic info for a data buffer.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_FILESYSTEM

Parameters

data	a data to file to be examined
flags	settings flags

Return values

string

a text with requested info

constructor() [1/2]

Qore::Magic::Magic::constructor

(

)

Constructs a dummy.

See also

MAGIC_NONE instance

constructor() [2/2]

Qore::Magic::Magic::constructor

(

softint

flags

)

Constructs specialized instance.

Parameters

flags

features set based on libmagic Constants

file() [1/2]

string Qore::Magic::Magic::file

(

softstring

fileName

)

Returns magic info for a file (path)

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_FILESYSTEM

Parameters

fileName

a path to file to be examined

Return values

string

a text with requested info

file() [2/2]

string Qore::Magic::Magic::file	(	softstring	fileName,
		softint	flags )

Returns magic info for a file (path)

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_FILESYSTEM

Parameters

fileName	a path to file to be examined
flags	settings flags

Return values

string

a text with requested info

setFlags()

Qore::Magic::Magic::setFlags

(

softint

flags

)

Resets new flags/features based on libmagic Constants.

Parameters

flags

New flags to replace old settings.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• magic.dox.h