file(1) / magic(5) database vs shared-mime-info database

[Liam R E Quin]

On Sun, 2018-02-25 at 13:51 -0800, Kip Warner wrote:
> Out of curiosity though, what about in the web world where php(1) or
> some other ensemble of tools used to serve browser scripts need to
> check MIME types? At this time I think they probably all rely on
> file(1) and its API?

No, Apache has its own mechanism that mostly relies on filename
conventions, as do most other Web servers.

Liam


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