Talk:File (Unix)
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[edit] rename?
I think this article should be renamed to [[File (command)]]. Comments? —Steve Summit (talk) 04:00, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] file colors by type
In regards to this edit: [1](→Behaviour - Move the color "ls" example here from the "file (Unix)" page - it has nothing whatsoever to do with the "file" command.)
- Guy, the 'ls' command uses the file's type to determine the color. The file command shows the file's type. So it is completely relevent to the this file article. I wish you would put it back. --Unixguy 14:09, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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- The mere fact that GNU ls happens to look at a file's filename extension to determine the file's type, as well as its Unix file type, if it's coloring its output, and that file looks at the file contents, in addition to the Unix file type, to determine the file's type, does not mean that ls is at all relevant to file. Konqueror also looks at a file's contents to determine its type; does it also belong on the file page? Guy Harris 17:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- You are absolutely right. I just added a few more examples. Thanks for the explanation. --Unixguy 12:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
