mime.types(5)

NAME
     mime.types - mime type description file for cups

DESCRIPTION
     The mime.types file defines the recognized file types.

     Additional  file types can be added to mime.types or in additional files in
     the configuration directory /etc/cups with the extension ".types".

     Each line in the mime.types 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:

         super/type rule [ ... ruleN]
     The rules may be grouped using parenthesis, joined using "+" for a  logical
     AND and "," or whitespace for a logical OR, and negated using "!".

RULES
     Rules  take  two  forms - a filename extension by itself and functions with
     test values inside parenthesis. The following functions are available:

     match("pattern")
          Pattern match on filename

     ascii(offset,length)
          True if bytes are valid printable ASCII (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)

     printable(offset,length)
          True if bytes are printable 8-bit chars  (CR,  NL,  TAB,  BS,  32-126,
          128-254)

     string(offset,"string")
          True if bytes are identical to string

     istring(offset,"string")
          True if a case-insensitive comparison of the bytes is identical

     char(offset,value)
          True if byte is identical

     short(offset,value)
          True if 16-bit integer is identical

     int(offset,value)
          True if 32-bit integer is identical

     locale("string")
          True if current locale matches string

     contains(offset,range,"string")
          True if the range contains the string

STRING CONSTANTS
     String constants can be specified inside quotes ("") for strings containing
     whitespace and angle brackets (<>) for hexadecimal strings.

SEE ALSO
     classes.conf(5),  cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), mime.convs(5), printers.conf(5),
     CUPS  Software   Administrators   Manual,   http://localhost:631/documenta-
     tion.html

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