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<h3 class="section">2.12 mimeview</h3>
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<p>For each file given in its command line, <code>mimeview</code> attempts
to autodetect its type and invoke an appropriate file viewer.
</p>
<p>To detect the file type, <code>mimeview</code> uses <samp>mime.types</samp>
file.  This file is a part of Common UNIX Printing System,
<a href="../mime/mime_002etypes.html#mime_002etypes">mime.types</a> in <cite>mime.types man page</cite>.  By default
<code>mimeview</code> searches for <samp>mime.types</samp> in
<samp>$prefix/etc/cups/</samp><a name="DOCF2" href="#FOOT2"><sup>2</sup></a>, however its exact location can be specified
at runtime as well (see <samp>--mimetypes</samp> below).
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<p>Once file MIME type is successfully determined, <code>mimeview</code>
consults <samp>mailcap</samp> files in order to determine how to display
the file.  It does so essentially in the same manner as
<code>metamail</code> utility, i.e., it scans all files specified
in <code>METAMAIL</code> environment variable until it finds an entry
describing the desired file format or until the list of files is
exhausted.  If <code>METAMAIL</code> variable is not set, <code>mimeview</code>
uses the following default path instead:
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<pre class="example">$HOME/.mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap:\
 /usr/etc/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:\
 /etc/mail/mailcap:/usr/public/lib/mailcap
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Mimeview-Invocation.html#Mimeview-Invocation" accesskey="1">Mimeview Invocation</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Mimeview-Config.html#Mimeview-Config" accesskey="2">Mimeview Config</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<h4 class="footnotes-heading">Footnotes</h4>

<h3><a name="FOOT2" href="#DOCF2">(2)</a></h3>
<p>The exact location is determined at
configuration time by setting environment variable
<code>DEFAULT_CUPS_CONFDIR</code>.  On most sites running 
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<pre class="example">./configure DEFAULT_CUPS_CONFDIR=/etc/cups
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<p>should be recommended.</p>
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