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<node id="693367" title="File::MMagic vs File::MimeInfo" created="2008-06-22 08:55:31" updated="2008-06-22 04:55:31">
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markjugg</author>
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I'm curious if people have reviews of using File::MimeInfo::Magic as part of websites, including mod_perl. I had used File::MMagic in the past, but it hasn't been updated in two years, and has 19 open bugs, including some serious ones. 
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Part of the File::MMagic approach is to bundle its own "magic file" data set.  File::MimeInfo instead gets its data from the operating system, making it more prone perhaps to giving different results in different environments.
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Your thoughts? Consider responding with a &lt;a href="http://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=File-MimeInfo"&gt;formal review of File::MimeInfo&lt;a/&gt; so that others can more easily find your opinion of it. 
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[markjugg|Mark Stosberg]
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