Re: [Dorset] File type question

2015-03-17 Thread C A Wills
Thanks for the info, have tried all suggestions and confirm it is an OLE2 file but have not found anything in it! Not sure I'll continue as it's in one of my Dropbox folders which is owned by the Church and I don't want to upset anything that might stop others from seeing files. So it may be

Re: [Dorset] File type question

2015-03-16 Thread Victor Churchill
I'd go for 'file 149C6000' as well. (I'd also +1 Keith's opinion of extensions...) If that doesn't help then there are some sites Out There where you might be able to submit the file to be investigated (though you might not want to do that); also there appears to be a tool called 'TRiD' (which

[Dorset] File type question

2015-03-16 Thread Clive Wills
Hi all I have 2 files which only have a number similar to 149C6000 with no extension (that I can see), files are not recognised but info is they are a 'OLE2 compound document storage'. Tried adding a known extension but nothing is shown that makes sense. The only info shown when having an

Re: [Dorset] File type question

2015-03-16 Thread Keith Edmunds
Adding an extension will make no difference under Linux (that's a Windows-ism, and one of the most stupid software engineering decisions that was ever rolled out. But I digress.). What does $ file 149C6000 say? -- Want to get paid for working with Linux? http://goo.gl/HEGbyu -- Next

Re: [Dorset] File type question

2015-03-16 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Clive, I have 2 files which only have a number similar to 149C6000 with no extension (that I can see), files are not recognised but info is they are a 'OLE2 compound document storage'. Tried adding a known extension but nothing is shown that makes sense. The only info shown when