On 28 Nov 2011, at 10:44pm, Dave wrote: > On 11/28/2011 4:37 PM, Simon Slavin wrote: >> Just to stress that the filename includes the bit after the '.'. You can >> have any number of files with the same part before the '.' but different >> extensions. To tell the operating system which one you want you must >> include the bit after the '.'.
> Actually, I knew that. Just having a bit of a multiple crash course...all at > once. I just recently built this pc and have been on XP until recently too. I > do some graphic stuff and have many same named pics with the various .jpg, > .bmp, .gif extensions. My job involves dealing with lots of people who aren't good at computers and the fact that, by default, the OS hides file extensions confuses the hell out of them. I'm not taking a shot at Windows here: the Macintosh OS does the same thing. It also means you see files with names like 'paper.doc.docx.docx.PDF'. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
