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 distro. >>> >>> Ref: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ >> >> That's not UNIX, that's POSIX! And by that definition, Windows >> would be UNIX too... >> >> Jerome > > Looks like we have no point keep discussing on this since we have > different view on what Unix means. > > My points are just: > - in the CLI the type of regular file is usually irrelevant. - Unix > (i.e. POSIX) doesn't specify how should the desktop component > of the operating system determine the type of a regular file. Free > desktop environments (e.g. Gnome, KDE, XFCE) stores the file type as > MIME type.
The post by Jonathan M Davis ( http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/ newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=117660 ) was the most informative post in this thread. You should both study that carefully.
