file_format (x)

The file_format (x) function returns the type of file 'x'. The file must exist.

Possible return values;

• unknown: Unable to determine the type of the file.
• doc: Microsoft Word document.
• docx: Microsoft Word Open XML document.
• rtf: Rich Text Format (RTF) document.
• ps: PostScript file.
• pdf: PDF document.
• sxw: OpenOffice.org / StarOffice.
• odt: Open Document Format (ODF).
• lwp: WordPro document.
• wpd: WordPerfect document.

These are values of type Text.

Example

file_format ("c:\mydir\somefile") 	

Result: one of the listed responses