# Mime

## AcquireMimeCache

AcquireMimeCache() caches one or more magic configurations which provides a mapping between magic attributes and a magic name.

The format of the AcquireMimeCache method is:

    LinkedListInfo *AcquireMimeCache(const char *filename,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

filename
  the font file name.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## GetMimeInfoList

GetMimeInfoList() returns any image aliases that match the specified pattern.

The magic of the GetMimeInfoList function is:

    const MimeInfo **GetMimeInfoList(const char *pattern,
      size_t *number_aliases,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

pattern
  Specifies a pointer to a text string containing a pattern.
number_aliases
  This integer returns the number of magics in the list.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## GetMimeList

GetMimeList() returns any image format alias that matches the specified pattern.

The format of the GetMimeList function is:

    char **GetMimeList(const char *pattern,size_t *number_aliases,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

pattern
  Specifies a pointer to a text string containing a pattern.
number_aliases
  This integer returns the number of image format aliases in the list.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## GetMimeDescription

GetMimeDescription() returns the mime type description.

The format of the GetMimeDescription method is:

    const char *GetMimeDescription(const MimeInfo *mime_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

mime_info
  The magic info.

## GetMimeType

GetMimeType() returns the mime type.

The format of the GetMimeType method is:

    const char *GetMimeType(const MimeInfo *mime_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

mime_info
  The magic info.

## ListMimeInfo

ListMimeInfo() lists the magic info to a file.

The format of the ListMimeInfo method is:

    MagickBooleanType ListMimeInfo(FILE *file,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows.

file

An pointer to a FILE.

exception

return any errors or warnings in this structure.