On Thu, 17 Aug 1995 19:33:31 +0100 (BST), R J Partington said: > WRT filetypes: can we have `proper' filetypes, where there's a magic > number in the file (or some other thing) rather than relying on > filetypes? A file should have to called *.jpg (eg) to be a jpeg etc.
(I assume you meant there to be a 'not' in there?) Anyway, this has always been the case on the Sam and other sensible systems. I often call bits of code "*.bin" even though I don't have to. What the filetype bit of the name is actually for is to give a hint as to what's in the file. If it's called abc.jpg then it's likely to be a JPEG picture, although it would still work if it were called zyx.bas. Some filetypes contain more hints than others. For example, if you want to compile a C program you should call it foo.c or else the compiler won't know it is a C program. Anyway that's enough random waffle... imc
