2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/magic.c b/magic.c
index 2078717..d138302 100644
--- a/magic.c
+++ b/magic.c
@@ -159,13 +159,22 @@ static int Pdescriptor(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int Pbuffer(lua_State *L)
+{
+	size_t size;
+	magic_t m = Pmagic_checkarg(L, 1);
+	const char *buf = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &size);
+	lua_pushstring(L, magic_buffer(m, buf, size));
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static const luaL_reg Pmagic_methods[] = {
 	{"open",	Popen},
 	{"close",	Pclose},
 	{"getpath",	Ptodo},
 	{"file",	Pfile},
 	{"descriptor",	Pdescriptor},
-	{"buffer",	Ptodo},
+	{"buffer",	Pbuffer},
 	{"error",	Perror},
 	{"setflags",	Psetflags},
 	{"load",	Pload},
diff --git a/test.lua b/test.lua
index 32bfb57..7ac6e67 100644
--- a/test.lua
+++ b/test.lua
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ m:setflags(magic.MIME_TYPE)
 print(m:error())
 print(m:file("Makefile"))
 
+m:setflags(magic.NONE)
+print(m:buffer("#!/bin/bash\n"))