Re: File type determination

[Boris de Laage <emak free fr>]

Vivek Bhanuprakash a écrit :
> 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 ?

I think it's a good idea. Nautilus gives a view of files, and should not 
care about the content when displaying them.
The file property dialog could examine the file content and display a 
Content-type field, and maybe a warning if the extension is not correct.

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Boris <emak free fr>