Re: OS-X and missing file extensions

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: OS-X and missing file extensions
Date	2017-05-01 02:55 +0000
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JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-04-30 19:16, Don Bruder wrote:
> 
>> Determining whether a file is/contains an AIFF bytestream is trivial - 
> 
> The idea of preparing for a time where file type detection via old
> Classic mechanism goes away is to go through all files without
> extensions and handle all posisble file types, not just AIFF.

What he said isn't in any way limited to AIFF files. How do you think the
"file" command-line tool works?! For god's sake, USE YOUR BRAIN AND LEARN,
DAMMIT! LEARN!!!

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OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-28 22:55 -0400
  Re: OS-X and missing file extensions isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2017-04-28 20:47 -0700
  Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-04-29 18:52 +1200
    Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-29 04:15 -0700
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 09:50 -0400
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-29 18:19 +0000
    Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 09:50 -0400
  Re: OS-X and missing file extensions dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-04-29 23:41 +1200
    Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-29 13:47 -0400
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-29 20:58 +0000
        Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-04-30 13:13 +1200
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 21:23 -0400
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-30 18:58 +0000
            Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-30 15:04 -0400
              Re: OS-X and missing file extensions android <here@there.was> - 2017-04-30 21:46 +0200
            Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-30 16:35 -0400
              Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-30 16:37 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-30 16:43 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-30 16:47 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-30 23:11 +0000
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-01 08:51 +0000
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-05-02 11:40 +1200
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-01 19:45 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-01 19:30 -0700
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-01 22:44 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-01 20:36 -0700
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-02 00:17 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-01 23:47 +0000
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-02 09:02 +0000
              Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-30 23:06 +0000
              Re: OS-X and missing file extensions dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-05-01 12:43 +1200
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-30 23:09 -0400
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-01 03:45 +0000
                Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-01 08:56 +0000
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-04-30 16:16 -0700
        Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-30 23:47 +0000
        Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-30 21:35 -0400
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-01 02:55 +0000
    Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-29 18:14 +0000
  Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 09:50 -0400
    Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-29 13:50 -0400
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 13:53 -0400
      Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-29 18:24 +0000
        Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-29 15:12 -0400
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 15:15 -0400
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-29 20:13 +0000
            Re: OS-X and missing file extensions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-04-29 21:35 -0400
              Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-30 01:43 +0000
          Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-29 21:00 +0000

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