Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: OS-X and missing file extensions Date: 1 May 2017 02:55:36 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <59040090$0$34646$b1db1813$15bdbe48@news.astraweb.com> <1n59nnl.1aeabzlspe4v7N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <5904d1c8$0$61892$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <590690c5$0$8050$b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net e+DWvWEMXqhm1kv8HEUmNgyBlu5NdEvn9P3z8iB9wpXgoTYdmE Cancel-Lock: sha1:XVUq83uYI3YID2Bax6OSvpgJ9nI= sha1:W7m24/Fz0bSCcETWR2LAN6ZGxYo= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106027 JF Mezei 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!!! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR