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Re: [Bug-wget] Download by mime type


From: Micah Cowan
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] Download by mime type
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:10:55 -0800
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Brian wrote:
> What is the method of determining, for instance, that a file is a pdf?
> It's not always the case that a file that is a pdf ends in .pdf. Is it
> possible to download just header information in order to get the mime
> type of a file, and then choose whether or not to download the file?

See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?20378

Note that such checks necessitate extra queries to the server, in order
to determine the content-type before requesting a full download.

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer.
GNU Maintainer: wget, screen, teseq
http://micah.cowan.name/
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