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authorAdam Hupp <adam@hupp.org>2015-01-06 11:24:19 -0800
committerAdam Hupp <adam@hupp.org>2015-01-06 11:24:19 -0800
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>>> f.from_file('testdata/test.gz')
'text/plain'
+## Name Conflict
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+There are, sadly, two libraries which use the module name `magic`. Both have been around for quite a while.If you are using this module and get an error using a method like `open`, your code is expecting the other one. Hopefully one day these will be recociled.
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## Installation
The current stable version of python-magic is available on pypi and