On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 19:46:36 +0000, Seymour J Metz  wrote:

>There is no file type in the PC world, other than OS/2 extended attributes. 
>There is a file extension, but that's really part of the name. I wish that 
>someone would port WPS to Linux.
>
WPS?  Pick one:  https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/WPS

o ISPF has long treated the LLQ of the DSN as a file type.

o MacOS has long had an elaborate system of metadata.  Alas,
  it's not portable, and vanishing beneath the tide of Windows
  conventions.  MacOS support of MIME types seems to be likewise
  eroding.

o UNIX magic numbers are widely despised among partisans of
  other OSes.

-- gil

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