Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread retard
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:40:18 +0800, KennyTM~ wrote: > On Sep 21, 10 01:43, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: >> KennyTM~ wrote: >>> Your definition of Unix is wrong then. Unix *only* specifies the API >>> (system interface and headers) and the command-line utilities. You >>> *are* confusing Unix and the dist

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread Michel Fortin
On 2010-09-20 13:59:35 -0400, Jonathan M Davis said: Most of the stuff which cares about file extensions or mime types is going to be GUI-related and that has pretty much nothing to do with either unix or posi x. However, it is typical for Linux systems (and I assume BSD systems) to use the

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread KennyTM~
On Sep 21, 10 01:43, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: KennyTM~ wrote: Your definition of Unix is wrong then. Unix *only* specifies the API (system interface and headers) and the command-line utilities. You *are* confusing Unix and the distro. Ref: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Monday, September 20, 2010 10:43:36 Jérôme M. Berger wrote: > KennyTM~ wrote: > > Your definition of Unix is wrong then. Unix *only* specifies the API > > (system interface and headers) and the command-line utilities. You *are* > > confusing Unix and the distro. > > > > Ref: http://www.opengrou

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread Jérôme M. Berger
KennyTM~ wrote: > Your definition of Unix is wrong then. Unix *only* specifies the API > (system interface and headers) and the command-line utilities. You *are* > confusing Unix and the distro. > > Ref: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ That's not UNIX, that's POSIX! And by

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread KennyTM~
On Sep 21, 10 00:04, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: KennyTM~ wrote: True, but then, there is no rule that says that on windows a file manager must use the extension. However, on Windows, all the file managers I've tried have used the extension (actually, most of the time they don't use the exten

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-20 Thread Jérôme M. Berger
KennyTM~ wrote: >> True, but then, there is no rule that says that on windows a file >> manager must use the extension. However, on Windows, all the file >> managers I've tried have used the extension (actually, most of the >> time they don't use the extension themselves, they simply ask >> Win

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-18 Thread KennyTM~
On Sep 18, 10 04:24, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: KennyTM~ wrote: On Sep 17, 10 02:26, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: [-snip-] This describes the file(1) command, which the job is to inspect the file content and conclude what kind of file it actually is. I suggest you re-read the paragraph

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-17 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Friday 17 September 2010 13:24:36 Jérôme M. Berger wrote: > KennyTM~ wrote: > > On Sep 17, 10 02:26, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: > >> Jérôme M. Berger wrote: > >>> KennyTM~ wrote: > On Sep 16, 10 04:35, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: > > Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> I didn't think unix file

Re: [OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-17 Thread Jérôme M. Berger
KennyTM~ wrote: > On Sep 17, 10 02:26, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: >> Jérôme M. Berger wrote: >>> KennyTM~ wrote: On Sep 16, 10 04:35, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> I didn't think unix file systems had a concept of mime type. >> > It doesn't, but Unix

[OT] File type on UNIX

2010-09-16 Thread KennyTM~
On Sep 17, 10 02:26, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: Jérôme M. Berger wrote: KennyTM~ wrote: On Sep 16, 10 04:35, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: Nick Sabalausky wrote: I didn't think unix file systems had a concept of mime type. It doesn't, but Unix tools use the file contents to determine the mi