Re: File type determination

[Vivek Bhanuprakash <reema_sharma yahoo com>]

Hello

Just to throw in my two cents too...

How about the following...

1. Display file type according to the extension. Most of the programs 
that create files (AbiWord, OpenOffice, Shell scripts etc) do have 
extensions associated with the file name. So it is reasonable to assume 
that a larger percentage of files in a user directory will have extensions.

2. Display file types for files that do not have an extension by 
examining their content.

Additionally, we can combine John's idea about examining the file 
content during execution. And hence..

3. On double clicking a file, we can check the content and the file 
type. If they seem to be different or conflicting, then a warning can be 
displayed to the user to take appropriate action (continue, cancel etc).

By doing this, we can have an foresighted approach for a deterrent to 
future (or current?) viruses for Linux.

What do you think about this ?

Thanks
Regards
Vivek