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25 April 2022, 04:33
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Library to Recognise Filetypes
Update 22/04/25: Added the WhatIs.library that I forgot
 Hi there! I'm looking for a library that analyse files and returns their filetypes. I found Datamaster v2.0, GetType v1.15, FIDLib v8.0, and WhatIs v4.0 but they all seemed abandoned and they do not provide their source code... I know also DefIcons but I could not find or missed its developers' documentation  Would you have any suggestion? Cheers! Last edited by tygre; 25 April 2022 at 16:30. |
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25 April 2022, 11:14
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25 April 2022, 14:42
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Hi Thomas and thank you!
I thought that this version wasn't maintained anymore and that there was, maybe?, a new version with AmigaOS 3.1.4 and 3.2? Cheers! |
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25 April 2022, 16:18
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IIRC whatis.library does just that.
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25 April 2022, 16:28
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Hi Kamelito!
Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention that one in my first post... it has the same problem as the others though AFAIK: it's not maintained and not open sourced, isn't it? Best! |
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25 April 2022, 16:36
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The question is what your aim is.
Normally datatypes.library is all you need. It tells you what type a file is for each file supported by datatypes. It even has an ARexx interface. |
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25 April 2022, 16:45
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Good point, sorry for not having explained better!
For AmiModRadio, I'm using file extensions to decide what to do with a module: if the currently-started player can play or not the module. I've encountered some modules that do not have file extensions but could still be played if they have had one... so I'd like to have a more systematic way of identifying the type of a file. I will probably have to add many music-related file types myself, so I'm looking for something still maintained and, if possible, opened... Cheers! |
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09 May 2022, 14:56
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Hi!
Just "bumping" my question I read about DefIcons (for example here), which seems to be the engine identifying files, which I'd like to augment with more music formats... but Google couldn't help me find docs about it... Cheers! |
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