Re: [SLUG] Associating filenames

[Peter Faulks]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:17:43 +1100, Peter Rundle wrote:

>Currently there are at least three methods in use,
>
>1. educated guess about file type based on content ("file" command)
>2. explicit meta data in file (eg "#!/usr/bin/perl" )
>3. .ext in the filename (Mime types)
>
>All have their failings. 
>
>Are there any other methods others know of?


What about OS/2's extended attributes?

Regards


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