Re: linking binfmt_misc with mime-types
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 08:39:00PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Agreed. I would always be reluctant to make all my documents executable
> in order to get this to work...
This is indeed a bit ugly, but then, it's just a bit ;)
> These are questions I can't answer. I seriously doubt the kernel will be
> able to reliably distinguish all file types though - especially
> ones like HTML.
Under Linux, I would never suggest such a thing. But in the Hurd, it's not
part of the kernel, so what?
Anyway, I say it again: Proper HTML can be recognized with the leading
<!doctype>. Cludgy, non-conforming HTML is not a good thing to start with.
Thanks,
Marcus
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