On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, kza wrote: > > > Konqueror has a few mime types defined. > > > It uses the approach (1) above, ie .XXX > > > > NONONO!!!!! > > > > this is a job of the OS. > > it should NOT be necessary for the filemanager to guess the correct type. > > the type needs to be stored in an easy to access place, and it should > > Well, it could be argued that it belongs somewhere in the filesystem, > IFF one was desiging an OS from scratch.
The file type, the application is supposed to read it, the date of creation/last modification, ownership and rights are all META-data (i.e. data about the data). Both MS Windows and Unix are inconsistent in how they manage the collection of metadata: some is stored in the fs (directory entry) some is stored in the filename and left completely optional, etc. The Macs at least have tried to be more consistent; how successful they are may be debatable (I am not a Mac user so I don't know). Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
