Raf256 wrote:
> Mack Tuesday <web.4346ab76e6623c90526d08610@news.povray.org> Friday 07 of
> October 2005 19:09
> 
> 
>>coolmojo.PNG
> 
> 
> please name files like: coolmojo.png
> 
> advanced operating systems, like linux, recognize upper/lower case, and
> there is no program that opens .PNG (there are programs for .png .jpg and
> so on, though)
> 

Actuslly, Unlike Windows, Unix/Linux does NOT use the file "extension" 
to determine its type.  With these OSs it's merely a _human_ 
convenience/convention.

I was able to display this image (as .PNG) with several different 
graphics programs, including the Gimp.  Even Nautilus (the file browser) 
reports its type as a PNG image.  I even deleted the extension and also 
renamed the extension to .jpg and still had no problems either way.  And 
Nautilus still said it was a PNG image.  Of course, it was also 
displayed correctly in Thunderbird when reading the origninal post.

OTOH, of course you're right that case is significant in Linux filenames 
so coolmojo.PNG would be a different file from CoolMojo.PNG for example. 
  But there would still be no problem about their file types.

Now, I also think the "extension" *looks* nicer in lowercase -- but 
that's just personal opinion.   ;-)

      -=- Larry -=-

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