Finding an icon for a file in Linux

[John Bentley]

Hi,

I am writing a file manager and am looking for the best way to get the
icon for a file type. I am assuming it uses mimetypes, but I haven't
found a good solution yet. If anyone could point me in the right
direction I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

 

[Riccardo Cecolin]

Hi,

I am writing a file manager and am looking for the best way to get the
icon for a file type. I am assuming it uses mimetypes, but I haven't
found a good solution yet. If anyone could point me in the right
direction I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

You could parse output of "file" command:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)>

 

[John Bentley]

You could parse output of "file" command:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)>

As far as I can tell, that will only tell me the mimetype. My main
problem really is that I can't take the mimetype and use it to find the
icon file. I already found the gem that will determine the mimetype.
(http://mime-types.rubyforge.org/)