Hi there,
I'm using a python wrapper (python-magic,
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic) checking some filetypes in a small
script. The wrapper works fine under Unix-like system, but I got an access
violation error under cygwin. I already tried an older version of file
including libmagic from the gnuwin32-project and this one works fine - aside
it's completely outdated ;)
This issue was already identified on the issue tracker of the python-wrapper
but I don't think that this error is a problem of the wrapper (see
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/76). I found some python wrappers
on the cygwin mirrors (python-magic-5.24-1.tar.xz) but these also produce the
same error.
Ok, here the script I used:
requirements: python 2.7 and python-magic
import magic
mage = magic.Magic(mime=True)
filetype = mage.from_file("testfile.odt")
print filetype
Output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/aronadaal/PycharmProjects/libmagic-test/magictest.py", line 3,
in <module>
mage = magic.Magic(mime=True)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\magic.py", line 59, in __init__
self.cookie = magic_open(self.flags)
WindowsError: exception: access violation writing 0x0000000000000000
Exception AttributeError: "Magic instance has no attribute 'cookie'" in <bound
method Magic.__del__ of <magic.Magic instance at 0x00000000022CEA48>> ignored
Notice: You can ignore the last message regarding the "cookie"-variable. The
filehhandler is stored inside it during the initialization. That's ok.
Bye, aronadaal
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