On 4/22/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 21:49 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > I can't believe you guys are still discussing this. What's wrong with > `file $file` ? I think you missed the beginning (or middle?) of the thread where it was discussed that it'd be better if files identified themselves, rather than having to work it out, after the fact. Saving a file with appropriate descriptions, rather than having to determine the content analytically, has its advantages.
And you're still going to need a `file` type program to read those descriptions. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud