On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:55:35AM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: > OTOH, Microsoft Windows (Outlook?) does that as well: If the file has any > previewable suffix, the preview module corresponding to the "file magic word" > (not > the suffix) is called for "preview". Virus writers know that quite well.
I have no idea how M$ works, so I will believe you. I do not see any relevance however. I am not in this to either copy or be better then M$. I do not even care if what they do is better or worse then what Linux does. > Would you like your ".jpeg" to be executed as Perl Program? If it is a perl program, then yes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] : file create_package_descr create_package_descr: perl script text [EMAIL PROTECTED] : mv create_package_descr create_package_descr.jpeg [EMAIL PROTECTED] : file create_package_descr.jpeg create_package_descr.jpeg: perl script text > Despite of that, "file" can be wrong! Yes it can. Just like a suffix. That does not mean that a suffix should never be used or is uninportand. It should be, in my eyes, only importand to the living person. It is nice to have a file.txt, file.sh and file.jpg so you know what to place where and what to open. To the system and programs using it, it should not be an issue. -- houghi http://houghi.org http://www.plainfaqs.org/linux/ http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > Today I went outside. My pupils have never been tinier... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
