mime.types

mime.types(5)		    Easy Software Products		mime.types(5)



NAME
       mime.types - mime type description file for cups

DESCRIPTION
       The mime.types file defines the recognized file types.

       Additional  file	 types	can  be	 added to mime.types or in additional
       files in the configuration  directory  /etc/cups	 with  the  extension
       ".types".

       Each  line  in  the mime.types file is a comment, blank, or rule line.
       Comment lines start with the # character. Rule lines  start  with  the
       MIME  type name and are optionally followed by a series of file recog-
       nition rules that are used to automatically  identify  print  and  web
       files:

	   super/type rule [ ... ruleN]
       The  rules  may	be  grouped using parenthesis, joined using "+" for a
       logical AND and "," or whitespace for a logical OR, and negated	using
       "!".

RULES
       Rules  take  two	 forms - a filename extension by itself and functions
       with test values	 inside	 parenthesis.  The  following  functions  are
       available:

       match("pattern")
	    Pattern match on filename

       ascii(offset,length)
	    True if bytes are valid printable ASCII (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)

       printable(offset,length)
	    True if bytes are printable 8-bit chars (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126,
	    128-254)

       string(offset,"string")
	    True if bytes are identical to string

       istring(offset,"string")
	    True if a case-insensitive comparison of the bytes is identical

       char(offset,value)
	    True if byte is identical

       short(offset,value)
	    True if 16-bit integer is identical

       int(offset,value)
	    True if 32-bit integer is identical

       locale("string")
	    True if current locale matches string

       contains(offset,range,"string")
	    True if the range contains the string

STRING CONSTANTS
       String  constants can be specified inside quotes ("") for strings con-
       taining whitespace and angle brackets (<>) for hexadecimal strings.

SEE ALSO
       classes.conf(5),	 cupsd(8),   cupsd.conf(5),   mime.convs(5),   print-
       ers.conf(5),	  CUPS	    Software	  Administrators      Manual,
       http://localhost:631/documentation.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1993-2004 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.



22 June 2000		 Common UNIX Printing System		mime.types(5)