From d37cf8d0d5564a0b225bebfa40da16b6402c4f22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:14:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add get_file_magic to tests/lib.py

Related: rhbz#1673744
---
 tests/lib.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/lib.py b/tests/lib.py
index cadb86fe..44155712 100644
--- a/tests/lib.py
+++ b/tests/lib.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+import magic
 from io import StringIO
 
 @contextmanager
@@ -27,3 +28,17 @@ def captured_output():
         yield sys.stdout, sys.stderr
     finally:
         sys.stdout, sys.stderr = old_out, old_err
+
+def get_file_magic(filename):
+    """Get the file type details using libmagic
+
+    Returns "" on failure or a string containing the description of the file
+    """
+    details = ""
+    try:
+        ms = magic.open(magic.NONE)
+        ms.load()
+        details = ms.file(filename)
+    finally:
+        ms.close()
+    return details