Home / ubuntu / Questions / 4361
Accepted
FUZxxl
Asked: 2010-09-20 02:31:14 +0800 CST

How are file-extensions/mime-types/icons/default applications associated?

  • 772

Is there a way / application to add a file extension / mime-type to the system. What I want to achieve is:

  • Have a default program for opening files of this type
  • Have a special icon for this filetype
  • let file output the type of a file of this file in a more specific way.

Is there an way to achieve this?

file-format mime-type

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need to:

    1. Add a new MIME type

    2. Associate that MIME type with a program (see man xdg-mime for more details):

      xdg-mime default APPLICATION MIMETYPE(S)
    • 6