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`wand` : Retrieve 'Magic' Attributes from Files and Directories

The `libmagic` library must be installed on *nix/macOS and available to use this.

- `apt-get install libmagic-dev` on Ubuntu/Debian-ish systems
- `brew install libmagic` on macOS
- `yum install file-devel` on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

While the package was developed using the 5.28 version of `libmagic` it has been configured to work with older versions. Note that some fields in the resultant data frame might not be available with older library versions. When using the function `magic_wand_file()` it checks for which version of `libmagic` is installed on your system and provides a suitable `magic.mgc` file for it.

The package also works on Windows but it's a bit of a hack because, well, _Windows_. The Windows version makes two `system2()` calls and relies on `Rtools` being installed and `file.exe` being available on the Windows `PATH`, so it's sub-optimal at best. Help to get it working in C would be greatly appreciated. Windows folk can go [here](https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/Install-Rtools-for-Windows) to find out more info on `Rtools`.

The following functions are implemented:

- `incant` : returns the "magic" metadata of the files in the input vector (as a data frame)
- `magic_wand_file` : provides a full path to the package-provided `magic` file

The following datasets are included:

- `mime_db` : a database of all mime types from <https://github.com/jshttp/mime-db>

### Installation

```{r eval=FALSE}
devtools::install_github("hrbrmstr/wand")
```

```{r echo=FALSE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, error=FALSE}
options(width=120)
```

### Usage

```{r message=FALSE}
library(wand)
library(dplyr)

system.file("extdata", "img", package="wand") %>%
list.files(full.names=TRUE) %>%
incant() %>%
glimpse()
```

```{r message=FALSE}
# Use a non-system magic-file

system.file("extdata", "img", package="wand") %>%
list.files(full.names=TRUE) %>%
incant(magic_wand_file()) %>%
select(description) %>%
unlist(use.names=FALSE)
```

```{r message=FALSE}
# what kinds of extensions are associated with these mime types
system.file("extdata", "img", package="wand") %>%
list.files(full.names=TRUE) %>%
incant(magic_wand_file()) %>%
select(extensions) %>%
as.data.frame()
```

```{r message=FALSE}
# current verison
packageVersion("wand")

```

### Test Results

```{r message=FALSE}
library(wand)
library(testthat)

date()

test_dir("tests/")
```