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1 | About | 1 | About |
2 | ===== | 2 | ===== |
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4 | GNU libextractor is a simple C library for keyword extraction. | 4 | GNU libextractor is a library used to extract meta data from files of |
5 | Common use-cases for GNU libextractor include detail-views in | 5 | arbitrary type. It is designed to use helper-libraries to perform the |
6 | file managers, detailed search results in file-sharing networks | 6 | actual extraction, and to be trivially extendable by linking against |
7 | and general information gathering in forensics investigations | 7 | external extractors for additional file types. Common use-cases for |
8 | and penetration testing. | 8 | GNU libextractor include detail-views in file managers, detailed |
9 | search results in file-sharing networks and general information | ||
10 | gathering in forensics investigations and penetration testing. | ||
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10 | Bindings for GNU libextractor exists for many languages in addition to | 12 | GNU libextractor is a simple C library with a small API. Bindings for |
11 | the standard C/C++ API (we know about bindings for Java, Perl, PHP, | 13 | GNU libextractor exists for many languages in addition to the standard |
12 | Mono, Python, Ruby). | 14 | C/C++ API (we know about bindings for Java, Perl, PHP, Mono, Python, |
15 | Ruby). | ||
13 | 16 | ||
14 | libextractor uses a plugin mechanism to enable developers to quickly | 17 | libextractor uses a plugin mechanism to enable developers to quickly |
15 | add extractors for additional formats. Plugins are executed | 18 | add extractors for additional formats. Plugins are executed |