Libextractor
libextractor
http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
'libextractor' extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type. It uses helper-libraries to perform the actual extraction, and is trivially extendable by linking against external extractors for additional file types. Its goal is to provide developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files. 'libextractor' includes the command "extract" that can extract meta-data from a file and print the results to stdout. Currently, it supports the formats HTML, PDF, PS, OLE2 (doc, xls, ppt), StarOffice, OpenOffice, MAN, DVI, MP3 (ID3v1, ID3v2), OGG, WAV, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), ZIP, Real, QT, MPEG, RIFF (AVI), ASF, and ELF. It also detects various MIME types, and can compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160). A Java binding (JNI) is available.
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version 1.0.0
(stable)
released on 25 September 2012
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv3orlater | mtjm | 20 October 2004 | |
| GFDLv1.3orlater | mtjm | 26 September 2012 | For the manual. |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Christian Grothoff | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | Mailing List Info/Archive | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-libextractor |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Weak prerequisite | zlib |
| Weak prerequisite | libvorbis |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 26 September 2012.
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