> > Is there any other attribute information stored or potentially stored > > in the file? Applications apparently can detect a document's file > > type, so that information must be held somewhere. Is information about > > the document's MIME type and charset also held? > > No. Applications that detect the file type do so by very well-educated > guesswork. The 'file' command does this, for example. > > 'stat' (in the stat package) shows you all the metadata. 'ls' can be > persuaded to show you pretty much all of that by using various options.
Very helpful, thanks. I found the man file particularly interesting. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]