Determining Content-Type

[Andreas Pauley]

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way for me to determine the HTTP
Content-Type header of a file residing on disk.
My application inserts a file into the database as a blob, and at the
same time populates a few other fields including the one for the
Content-Type.
This field should then be used by other programs for
displaying/outputting the file to a web browser.

My setup is as follows:
OS: Linux (Red Hat 6.2 or Mandrake 7.2, with a 2.2.x kernel)
Python version: 2.0

Thanks,
Andreas Pauley.
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