Tim:
> I think you missed the beginning (or middle?) of the thread where
it was
> discussed that it'd be better if files identified themselves, rather
> than having to work it out, after the fact. Saving a file with
> appropriate descriptions, rather than having to determine the content
> analytically, has its advantages.
Arthur Pemberton:
And you're still going to need a `file` type program to read
those
descriptions.
True enough, but if all files had an unabiguous descriptor right at the
start, it'd be an improvement. As it stands, some file managers spend a
rather annoying amount of time working out what the files are, when you
load up a directory. They have to plough through a file, and look for
markers in various places, and make guesses. That assessment is much
more work than, say, reading the first few bytes of a file that actually
said "image/jpeg", for example.
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