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<title>mime.types(5)</title>
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<h2><a name='NAME'>Name</a></h2>
mime.types - mime type description file for cups
<h2><a name='DESCRIPTION'>Description</a></h2>
The <i>mime.types</i> file defines the recognized file types.
<p>Additional file types can be added to <i>mime.types</i> or
(preferably) in additional files in the CUPS configuration
directory with the extension ".types".
<p>Each line in the <i>mime.types</i> 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 recognition rules that are used to automatically
identify print and web files:
<br>
<pre>
super/type rule [ ... ruleN]
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The rules may be grouped using parenthesis, joined using "+" for a
logical AND and "," or whitespace for a logical OR, and negated using
"!".
<h2><a name='RULES'>Rules</a></h2>
Rules take two forms - a filename extension by itself and functions with test
values inside parenthesis. The following functions are available:
<dl>
<dt>match("pattern")
</dt>
<dd>Pattern match on filename
</dd>
<dt>ascii(offset,length)
</dt>
<dd>True if bytes are valid printable ASCII (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)
</dd>
<dt>printable(offset,length)
</dt>
<dd>True if bytes are printable 8-bit chars (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126, 128-254)
</dd>
<dt>string(offset,"string")
</dt>
<dd>True if bytes are identical to string
</dd>
<dt>istring(offset,"string")
</dt>
<dd>True if a case-insensitive comparison of the bytes is identical
</dd>
<dt>char(offset,value)
</dt>
<dd>True if byte is identical
</dd>
<dt>short(offset,value)
</dt>
<dd>True if 16-bit integer is identical
</dd>
<dt>int(offset,value)
</dt>
<dd>True if 32-bit integer is identical
</dd>
<dt>locale("string")
</dt>
<dd>True if current locale matches string
</dd>
<dt>contains(offset,range,"string")
</dt>
<dd>True if the range contains the string
</dd>
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<h2><a name='STRING_CONSTANTS'>String Constants</a></h2>
String constants can be specified inside quotes ("") for strings
containing whitespace and angle brackets (<>) for hexadecimal
strings.
<h2><a name='SEE_ALSO'>See Also</a></h2>
<a href='man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>classes.conf(5)</a>, <a href='man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cupsd(8)</a>, <a href='man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cupsd.conf(5)</a>,
<a href='man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>mime.convs(5)</a>, <a href='man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>printers.conf(5)</a>,
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<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>
<h2><a name='COPYRIGHT'>Copyright</a></h2>
Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc.
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