Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucsd!ucbvax!MACALSTR.EDU!SHBOUM From: SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: .bsq Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 14:33:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 12 Actually, for the NeXTs which is UNIX based, the filetype of the file is determined by the .extension. So if I have a .gif file I get the gif icon for the file and am able to launch the gif program and open the file by double clicking on it. However, if I take that same file and call it *.txt, I can launch it as a text file {which would also make it useless unless you're into changing LZW compression files manually}. But extentions do play an important role sometimes even in Unix. | Hal Bouma | Send mail to: SHBoum@Macalstr.edu | Macalester College | and SHBoum@Macalstr.Bitnet | GEnie: H.Bouma | ".Sig Under Construction..."