mime-info

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gnome_vfs_mime_freeze ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_freeze           (void);

Freezes the mime data so that you can do multiple updates to the dat in one batch without needing to back the files to disk or readind them

gnome_vfs_mime_thaw ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_thaw             (void);

UnFreezes the mime data so that you can do multiple updates to the dat in one batch without needing to back the files to disk or readind them

gnome_vfs_mime_info_reload ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_info_reload      (void);

gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known    (const char *mime_type);

This function returns TRUE if mime_type is in the MIME database at all.

`mime_type` :	a mime type.
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gnome_vfs_mime_get_value ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_get_value        (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key);

This function retrieves the value associated with key in the given GnomeMimeContext. The string is private, you should not free the result.

`mime_type` :	a mime type.
`key` :	A key to lookup for the given mime-type
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gnome_vfs_mime_set_value ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_value     (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *value);

This function is going to set the value associated to the key and it will save it to the user' file if necessary. You should not free the key/values passed to this function. They are used internally.

`mime_type` :	a mime type.
`key` :	a key to store the value in.
`value` :	the value to store in the key.
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gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list     (const char *mime_type);

`mime_type` :	the mime type to lookup.
Returns :	a GList that contains private strings with all of the keys associated with the `mime_type`.

gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free   (GList *mime_ype_list);

Frees the mime type list.

mime_ype_list :

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type);

`mime_type` :	the mime type
Returns :	a list of extensions for this mime-type

gnome_vfs_mime_extensions_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_extensions_list_free
                                            (GList *list);

list :

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string ()

char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);

`mime_type` :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string ()

char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);

`mime_type` :	the mime type
Returns :	a string containing comma seperated extensions for this mime-type

gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types
                                            (void);

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gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free
                                            (GList *list);

Call this function on the list returned by gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types to free the list and all of its elements.

list : the extensions list

gnome_vfs_mime_set_registered_type_key ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_registered_type_key
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *data);

This function sets the key data for the registered mime type's hash table.

`mime_type` :	Mime type to set key for
`key` :	The key to set
`data` :	The data to set for the key
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gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extension_list);

Sets the extensions for a given mime type. Overrides the previously set extensions.

`mime_type` :	the mime type.
`extension_list` :
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gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Delete a mime type for the user which runs this command. You can undo this only by calling gnome_vfs_mime_reset

mime_type :

gnome_vfs_mime_reset ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_reset            (void);

resets the user's mime database to the system defaults.