On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:52:41 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > Rustom Mody wrote: >> This thread is getting like a mini hologram of our current surreal time >> If we can put aside who is right and wrong for a moment we see the >> more frightening spectacle that Repubs and democrats, Remainers and >> Brexiters and so on all over by getting more and more shrill are not >> talking to each other but past each other > > I blame the confirmation bias of social media for the current state of > dissed-discourse we find ourselves in these days. > >> > [Rick Johnson wrote] >> > A file with no extension (regardless of the OS or desktop enviroment >> > that it was created on), is like a sealed box with no label to >> > indicate the contents. >> >> So to Rick: Not if you use something like file (magic) My (unschooled) >> estimate is it gets its detection right 80% of the time > > But this suggestion misses my point entirely. And the point is, we > shouldn't have to pick-up the "box" (aka: file) and shake it (ook-ook) > just to "intuit" what is inside. Using file extentions (aka: labels) > solves this semantical problem much more elegantly. Now, is a perfect > solution? Of course not! However, it is the most practical solution. > >> And to Chris and others who think file(magic) is a replacement for >> file-associations. Even assuming that magic works 100% : >> Say I have an html file. >> That means its ALSO a text file. >> So its equally legitimate to set defaults to use: >> - a plain text editor (of which there are hundreds) >> - to open it in browser of choice (also plural nowadays) >> - some sort of html composer - etc >> >> Which means we are beyond the nature of the file per se to the pattern >> of its usage > > And although an automated "intuitor" could easily determine if a file > contained a markup language, we would still be force to "shake the box" > by running it.
Back to the original problem has the execute bit been set on the file? -- All Hell hadn't been let loose. It was merely Detritus. But from a few feet away you couldn't tell the difference. (The Fifth Elephant) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list