Re: Fake PDF

[Lee <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/24/26 5:26 AM, Gianluigi wrote:
> Hi Benoit,
>
> Is this a mistake on my part, or is the MIME TYPE not working?
>
> See the attached example.
>
> Thanks, regards
> Gianluigi

Well, I'm not Benoît, but I can tell you that it is not a mistake on your part and that the Mime type IS working.

The code of DesktopMime.FromFile() tries first to determine the MIME type by querying the MIME database file 
(/usr/share/mime/globs2) which lists the MIME type based on the file's extension. On my system, line 139 of that file indicates 
that "*.pdf" files are of type "application/pdf".

It can be fooled if the extension is not correct. If you need better mime type determination, you can shell out to `file`.


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Lee

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