mime.types(5)						      Easy Software Products						     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 avail-
       able:

       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

       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/docu-
       mentation.html

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1993-2002 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.

22 June 2000						    Common UNIX Printing System 					     mime.types(5)