document !mime: entries from rrt@

diff --git a/doc/magic.man b/doc/magic.man
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $File: magic.man,v 1.40 2008/02/03 21:00:15 christos Exp $
+.\" $File: magic.man,v 1.41 2008/02/04 01:40:53 christos Exp $
 .Dd January 10, 2007
 .Dt MAGIC __FSECTION__
 .Os
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ a test for whether the file begins with a certain
 .Dq "magic number" .
 The file
 .Pa __MAGIC__
-specifies what magic numbers are to be tested for,
-what message to print if a particular magic number is found,
+specifies what magic numbers are to be tested for, what message or
+MIME type to print if a particular magic number is found,
 and additional information to extract from the file.
 .Pp
 Each line of the file specifies a test to be performed.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Finally the
 .Dq c
 flag, specifies case insensitive matching: lowercase
 characters in the magic match both lower and upper case characters in the
-targer, whereas upper case characters in the magic, only much uppercase
+target, whereas upper case characters in the magic, only much uppercase
 characters in the target.
 .It Dv pstring
 A pascal style string where the first byte is interpreted as the an
@@ -277,6 +277,17 @@ remainder of the string with no whitespace added before it: multiple
 matches are normally separated by a single space.
 .El
 .Pp
+A MIME type is given on a separate line, which must be the next
+non-blank or comment line after the magic line that identifies the
+file type, and has the following format:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent 
+!:mime MIMETYPE
+.Ed
+.Pp
+i.e. the literal string
+.Dq !:mime
+followed by the MIME type.
+.Pp
 Some file formats contain additional information which is to be printed
 along with the file type or need additional tests to determine the true
 file type.
@@ -464,4 +475,4 @@ a system on which the lengths are invariant.
 .\" the changes I posted to the S5R2 version.
 .\"
 .\" Modified for Ian Darwin's version of the file command.
-.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.41 2008/02/04 01:40:53 christos Exp $
+.\" @(#)$Id: magic.man,v 1.42 2008/02/04 18:49:43 christos Exp $