Re: signature files

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

El 2012-09-05 a las 13:07 -0700, james gray escribió:

(resending to the list)

> Thank you Bob and Camaleon
> cmi = command line interface.
> 
> Question:
> is the sum the signature.
> 
> in this example:
> 
> MD5SUM.sign
> 
> 
> there is dot sign.
> 
> is the sign and sum one and the same.
> 
> or is dot sign a file prefix.
> 
> as in
> 
> alphanumericString.sign

Prefix "sign" is a registered mime type:

sm01@stt008:~$ file -i Desktop/MD5SUMS.sign
Desktop/MD5SUMS.sign: application/pgp-signature

So yes, you can see it as a filename extension.

Greetings,

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Camaleón