added mime type database

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/data/generate.rb b/data/generate.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+## Parses mime.types and creates mime.dat
+
+file = File.read(ARGV.first || "mime.types")
+
+table = {}
+for line in file.lines
+	next if line[0] == ?# or
+		line.size <= 3 or
+		!line.include?( ?\t )
+
+	name, *extensions = line.split(/\s+/)
+	for ext in extensions
+		table[ext] = name
+	end
+end
+
+File.open( 'mime.dat', 'w' ) do |f|
+	f.write Marshal.dump( table )
+end
+