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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
