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+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+#ifndef _MIME_TYPES_H
+#define _MIME_TYPES_H
+
+
+#include <Mime.h>
+
+
+// Additional MIME types that are not defined in Mime.h but are
+// standard values. We should move them into a public space some
+// day.
+
+#define	B_DIRECTORY_MIME_TYPE	"application/x-vnd.Be-directory"
+#define	B_VOLUME_MIME_TYPE		"application/x-vnd.Be-volume"
+#define	B_SYMLINK_MIME_TYPE		"application/x-vnd.Be-symlink"
+#define	B_ROOT_MIME_TYPE		"application/x-vnd.Be-root"
+
+#endif	/* _MIME_TYPES_H */