[OT] File type on UNIX

[KennyTM~]

On Sep 21, 10 01:43, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote:
> KennyTM~ wrote:
>> Your definition of Unix is wrong then. Unix *only* specifies the API
>> (system interface and headers) and the command-line utilities. You *are*
>> confusing Unix and the distro.
>>
>> Ref: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/
>
> 	That's not UNIX, that's POSIX! And by that definition, Windows
> would be UNIX too...
>
> 		Jerome

Looks like we have no point keep discussing on this since we have 
different view on what Unix means.

My points are just:
  - in the CLI the type of regular file is usually irrelevant.
  - Unix (i.e. POSIX) doesn't specify how should the desktop component 
of the operating system determine the type of a regular file. Free 
desktop environments (e.g. Gnome, KDE, XFCE) stores the file type as 
MIME type.