File extensions, was: Re: [Coco] Portal-9 bug report

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

At 07:24 PM 10/18/04 -0700, Robert Emery wrote:
>That sounds odd... maybe your system hides file extensions too.

Mine's set to show everything. All the Mac files come in with names only,
no extensions -- unless I ask for them, or unless they're downloaded from a
website. If the folks who send them don't tell me what they are, I have to
open them in binary editors to read the opening info to determine what kind
of file they are, and then add the file extension by hand.

>I've integrated Mac video editing sytems (Final Cut Pro, Media 100, Avid
Media
>Composer) and have had to download .hqx files for updates, among other
things.
>Audio files I saw had an AIFF extension. This was around OS8-8.5 (Mac OS9 was
>out, but unsopported)

Extensions are present with downloaded files, maybe to assure that the web
server provides the right MIME type. But if you're sent a Mac attachment or
mount Mac media on a PC, there don't appear to be any file extensons. (The
little Mac fork files are sitting there, but not much use to me, anyway.)

Dennis