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+package main
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lmagic
+// #include <stdlib.h>
+// #include <magic.h>
+import "C"
+import "errors"
+import "unsafe"
+
+var magic C.magic_t
+
+func init() {
+	magic = C.magic_open(C.MAGIC_MIME_TYPE | C.MAGIC_SYMLINK | C.MAGIC_ERROR)
+	if magic == nil {
+		panic("unable to initialize libmagic")
+	}
+	if C.magic_load(magic, nil) != 0 {
+		C.magic_close(magic)
+		panic("unable to load libmagic database: " + C.GoString(C.magic_error(magic)))
+	}
+}
+
+// GetMimeType uses libmagic to find the mime type of a file by filename.
+func GetMimeType(fname string) (string, error) {
+	cfname := C.CString(fname)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cfname))
+	mime := C.magic_file(magic, cfname)
+	if mime == nil {
+		return "", errors.New(C.GoString(C.magic_error(magic)))
+	}
+	return C.GoString(mime), nil
+}