Date   : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:34:09 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Spitting expletives

On 29 July 2010 08:08, Phill Harvey-Smith <afra@...> wrote:
>
> That's a real problem with the windows interface the fact that it
> absolutely relies on the extension to ascociate the file, I really wish
> there where a way of asociating files with no extension that match a
> pattern with a program, this would really be usefull in the case of
> Makefile etc.

Well, it certainly used to be possible to associate "no extension"
files with an application:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236014/EN-US/
although my initial attempt to try this on Win7 didn't do anything,
that may be down to me still being half asleep!

If that does still work, and can point at something that uses the *nix
magic numbers concept to redirect to another app, then we're all set.
There does appear to be a Windows port of 'file' which should get Rick
started:http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm



>
> I think the problem is that Jonathan is using an archemedes which does
> not IIRC have the no extension problem that widows does, so it's not
> broken as far as he is concerned.

Hey, we're using Beebs, which have no file-typing method at all - we
should be used to this :-)

Rob