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Ticket UUID: 4adb7c36a35d0c475f8e9bba24ec04984bd8ce2
Title: TCL fileutil::magic::mimetype not recognising Microsoft documents or mp3
Type: Bug Version: various
Submitter: anonymous Created on: 2016-01-13 12:28:09
Subsystem: fileutil :: magic Assigned To:
Priority: 5 Medium Severity: Important
Status: Closed Last Modified: 2021-04-30 22:35:16
Resolution: Fixed Closed By: pooryorick
    Closed on: 2018-08-28 13:50:10
Description:
I got directed here from a Stack Overflow question I raised https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34746759/tcl-fileutilmagicmimetype-not-recognising-microsoft-documents-or-mp3

Take an ordinary Microsoft Word .doc file and pass it to fileutil::magic::mimetype e.g.

package require fileutil
package require fileutil::magic::mimetype
set result [fileutil::magic::mimetype "/tmp/test.doc"]

It returns empty string. 
Same happens if you try mp3, wmv plus other Microsoft file formats (xls, ppt etc). In fact, the only file formats that seem to work well are images (png, gif, tiff etc)
User Comments: pooryorick added on 2021-04-30 22:35:16:

Fix merged into trunk in [dc534f06ac538c46].


pooryorick added on 2018-08-28 13:50:10:

Fixed in commit [48db90b95ba1a36b].