Re: file type recognition

2006-11-10 <Pine.LNX.4.44.0611100925240.5209-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Stan Bischof wrote:
For that matter, even back in 8.3 days, the extension was
just a convenience and a name-- nothing special. You didn't need
to use it but typically did- for the same reason as any extension
(associate file with type or application)

Except it was something special. "foo.c" would be stored on the disk as
"FOO C ".
.

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