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On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 12:08:06PM -0400, Steve Sobol wrote: > Andrew Brown wrote: > > > >> the mime type is made up, usually based on the file's extension, which > > >> is, of course, passed along with the contents of the file when you > > >> transfer it. it's no extra information in this context. > > >> > > > > > > What's a file extension? > > > > it's the last alphanumeric token in a string delimited by dots. > > And it doesn't exist anywhere except Windows. untrue. just think how crippled make(1) would be without extensions. -- [ Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Reptilian Research -- Longer Life through Colder Blood ] [ Don't be fooled by cheap Finnish imitations; BSD is the One True Code. ]
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