On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 11:13:10PM -0500, Joseph Carter wrote: > We can do mime a lot better. And we should. Your proposal focuses mostly on filename extensions and regexps for determining a file type. I consider this an ancient microsoftism that prevents me from naming files the way I want them to. But I did see your reference to magic numbers, which gives the proposal most of its redeeming value :). I am a huge fan of file(1), and I love the idea of determining a file type based on a magic number. However, I am not so happy about the idea of the computer second-guessing me from my file naming habits. If you can make the system allow the individual users on the system change their preference of which methods will be used to determine the types of a file and which have the highest precedence, the proposal will have my full support. Cheers, Aaron Lehmann
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