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minus-squareHTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoAmateurs. I have evolved from using file extensions, and instead, don’t use any extension!
minus-squareH4mi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoI don’t even use a file system on my storage drives. I just write the file contents raw and try to memorize where.
minus-squareMs. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoSounds tedious, I’ve just been keeping everything in memory so I don’t have to worry about where it is.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoI use mime. Because magic bit.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoLinux mostly doesn’t use file extensions… It relies on “magic bytes” in the file. Same with the web in general - it relies purely on MIME type (e.g. text/html for HTML files) and doesn’t care about extensions at all.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago“Magic bytes”? We just called them headers, back in my day (even if sometimes they are at the end of the file)
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThe library that handles it is literally called “libmagic”. I’d guess the phrase “magic bytes” comes from the programming concept of a magic number?
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoI did not know about that one! It makes sense though, because a lot of headers would start with, well yeah, “magic numbers”. Makes sense.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYou can just go in Folder View and uncheck “hide known file extensions” to fix that! ;)
Amateurs.
I have evolved from using file extensions, and instead, don’t use any extension!
I don’t even use a file system on my storage drives. I just write the file contents raw and try to memorize where.
Sounds tedious, I’ve just been keeping everything in memory so I don’t have to worry about where it is.
I use mime. Because magic bit.
Linux mostly doesn’t use file extensions… It relies on “magic bytes” in the file.
Same with the web in general - it relies purely on MIME type (e.g.
text/htmlfor HTML files) and doesn’t care about extensions at all.“Magic bytes”? We just called them headers, back in my day (even if sometimes they are at the end of the file)
The library that handles it is literally called “libmagic”. I’d guess the phrase “magic bytes” comes from the programming concept of a magic number?
I did not know about that one! It makes sense though, because a lot of headers would start with, well yeah, “magic numbers”. Makes sense.
You can just go in Folder View and uncheck “hide known file extensions” to fix that! ;)