Thanks John. I'm not at home in terminal yet but I'm slowly progressing. I'll remember the file command to look at shortly. Paul. On Sep 17, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Jon Cohn wrote:
> It is a document that the finder does not have a translation to describe what > it is. Generally every application has a "plist" file within the application > that lists file extensions that the application supports and also gives a > descriptive name to the file extension. This is how Word documents get > associated with the .doc extension. > > THere is a command line tool called file which might be able to tell you what > kind of file you are looking at. The file command looks not only at the > extension, but also the first 100 or so bytes of the file looking for a > "magic" token describing the type of file. > > The file command is a standard UNIX/Linux commands. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > On Sep 17, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > >> Dear listers, >> In most cases, a finder item can be either a folder, where it has no size in >> the finder size column, it can be a file with an extension, and in that case >> the file of course does have a readable size, but what, if finder says >> document, in the kind, column? Is this a file? Is this a folder? I don't >> understand the document type in finder. Anyone have an idea what this is? I >> downloaded something and it is a document. Not rtf, doc, doc x, txt or >> something, but a finder document. I took a picture of myself, or of the wall >> behind me I don't know, lol, but that too becomes a document. Interested to >> know what finder calls a document. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
