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diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d626e31 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# `file-magic`: Python Bindings + +This library is a Python ctypes interface to `libmagic`. + + +## Installing + +You can install `file-magic` either with: + + python setup.py install + # or + easy_install . + # or + pip install file-magic + + +## Using + + import magic + + detected = magic.detect_from_filename('magic.py') + print 'Detected MIME type: {}'.format(detected.mime_type) + print 'Detected encoding: {}'.format(detected.encoding) + print 'Detected file type name: {}'.format(detected.name) + + +## Developing/Contributing + +To run the tests: + + python setup.py test |