--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/examples/mime-type.lua	Fri Apr 02 19:58:18 2010 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#! /usr/bin/lua
+
+--[[ Copyright 2010 Myhailo Danylenko
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ]]
+
+--
+-- Simple mime type detector
+--
+
+local F = { }
+
+local options = {
+	database = '/etc/mime.types',
+	default  = 'application/octet-stream',
+}
+
+local db = { }
+
+local h = io.open ( options['database'], 'r' )
+if not h then
+	print ( ("mime-type: error loading database from %s"):format ( options['database'] ) )
+else
+	for l in h:lines () do
+		local mtype, exts = l:match ( '^([%S]+)%s+(%S.*)$' )
+		if mtype then
+			for ext in exts:gmatch ( '%S+' ) do
+				print ( ("Adding type %s for extension %s"):format ( mtype, ext ) )
+				db[ext] = mtype
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	h:close ()
+end
+
+function F.type ( filename )
+	local ext = filename:match ( "^.-%.([%w%d]+)$" )
+	if ext then
+		local mtype = db[ext]
+		if mtype then
+			return mtype
+		end
+	end
+	return options['default']
+end
+
+return F
+
+-- vim: se ts=4 sw=4: --