=head1 NAME

File::MimeInfo::Cookbook - various code snippets

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Some code snippets for non-basic uses of the L<File::MimeInfo>
module:

=over

=item Matching an extension

A file does not have to actually exist in order to get a
mimetype for it. This means that the following will work:

  my $extension = '*.txt';
  my $mimetype = mimetype( $extension );

=item Mimetyping an scalar

If you want to find the mimetype of a scalar value you need magic
mimetyping; after all a scalar doesn't have a filename or inode.
What you need to do is to use IO::Scalar :

  use File::MimeInfo::Magic;
  use IO::Scalar;
  
  my $io_scalar = new IO::Scalar \$data;
  my $mimetype = mimetype( $io_scalar );

In fact most other IO:: will work as long as they support the C<seek()>
and C<read()> methods. Of course if you want really obscure things to
happen you can always write your own IO object and feed it in there.

=item Mimetyping a filehandle

Regrettably for non-seekable filehandles like STDIN simply using an IO::
object will not work. You will need to buffer enough of the data for a proper
mimetyping. For example you could mimetype data from STDIN like this:

  use File::MimeInfo::Magic;
  use IO::Scalar;

  my $data;
  read(STDIN, $data, $File::MimeInfo::Magic::max_buffer);
  my $io_scalar = new IO::Scalar \$data;
  my $mimetype = mimetype( $io_scalar );

=item Creating a new filename

Say you have a temporary file that you want to save with a more
proper filename.

  use File::MimeInfo::Magic qw#mimetype extensions#;
  use File::Copy;
  
  my $tmpfile = '/tmp/foo';
  my $mimetype = mimetype($tmpfile);
  my $extension = extensions($mimetype);
  my $newfile = 'untitled1';
  $newfile .= '.'.$extension if length $extension;
  move($tmpfile, $newfile);

=item Force the use of a certain database directory

Normally you just need to add the dir where your mime database lives
to either the XDG_DATA_HOME or XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variables
for it to be found. But in some rare cases you may want to by-pass
this system all together. Try one of the following:

  @File::MimeInfo::DIRS = ('/home/me/share/mime');
  eval 'use File::MimeInfo';
  die if $@;

or:

  use File::MimeInfo;
  @File::MimeInfo::DIRS = ('/home/me/share/mime');
  File::MimeInfo->rehash();

This can also be used for switching between databases at run time
while leaving other XDG configuration stuff alone.

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Jaap Karssenberg (Pardus) E<lt>pardus@cpan.orgE<gt>

Copyright (c) 2005 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<File::MimeInfo>

=cut