Re: Why file content sniffing sucks

[Geoffrey <esoteric 3times25 net>]

Elliot Lee wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Fabio Gomes wrote:
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> > File type determination by content is crap. It's a misfeature. It is 
> > completely unnecessary. Its benefits do not compensate its drawbacks:
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> The "right solution" might be to use file content as a fallback if the
> file extension doesn't have a completely unambiguous meaning.

Personally, I think extension approaches suck.  Then again, I've been a 
UNIX guy for 25 years.  I think that maybe the file determination needs 
to be refined.

Actually, the best solution would be to support both and let the user 
choose.

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric 3times25 net

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