Linux uses the file's MIME Type instead of just trusting the file extension
(which are often changed in the Windows world by virus-writers to get people
to install bad things).  File extensions are mostly so the user knows what's
going on.

On Jan 21, 2008 9:16 AM, Daniel Hollocher <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Its one python script that starts a terminal based upon another input
> file.  So one problem for me is getting the text input files associated with
> the python script.  It seems ubuntu ignores file extensions.
>
>


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