On 02/29/2016 02:58 PM, Aaron Digulla wrote:
here are a few applications, especially ones which also exist on Windows, which are more picky.
Its a yes-no-maybe situation Yes, we have the tools and the database to determine file type by examination, principally "file(1)" and the "magic numbers" in /usr/share/misc/magic. (See magic(5) for details) But there's a nasty gotcha in all this and its called "MIME". This, in turn, drags in lots of things like the desktop menu and dispatching. As you can see from the example in "man xdg-mime" its about the file extention, not the content. It is this, along with the "*.desktop" files, that determine how Linux "executes" a data file. If you choose to read this as a MS-DOS conspiracy, then I'm not going to argue with you. It all stems from the nasty habit of doing FTP-by-email. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org