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NAME

6       mime.types - mime type description file for cups
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DESCRIPTION

9       The mime.types file defines the recognized file types.
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11       Additional  file  types  can  be added to mime.types or (preferably) in
12       additional files in the CUPS configuration directory with the extension
13       ".types".
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15       Each  line  in  the  mime.types file is a comment, blank, or rule line.
16       Comment lines start with the # character. Rule  lines  start  with  the
17       MIME type name and are optionally followed by a series of file recogni‐
18       tion rules that are used to automatically identify print and web files:
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20           super/type rule [ ... ruleN]
21       The rules may be grouped using parenthesis, joined using "+" for a log‐
22       ical AND and "," or whitespace for a logical OR, and negated using "!".
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RULES

25       Rules  take  two  forms  - a filename extension by itself and functions
26       with test values inside parenthesis. The following functions are avail‐
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32       ascii(offset,length)
33            True if bytes are valid printable ASCII (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)
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36            True  if bytes are printable 8-bit chars (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126,
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39       string(offset,"string")
40            True if bytes are identical to string
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43            True if a case-insensitive comparison of the bytes is identical
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45       char(offset,value)
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STRING CONSTANTS

61       String constants can be specified inside quotes ("") for  strings  con‐
62       taining whitespace and angle brackets (<>) for hexadecimal strings.
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SEE ALSO

65       classes.conf(5),   cupsd(8),   cupsd.conf(5),   mime.convs(5),   print‐
66       ers.conf(5),
67       http://localhost:631/help
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70       Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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