Selecting an application

[Yennie at aol.com]

The only thing I can think of is checking the "execute" permission on the 
file. Of course, that can be set for any file, but I'm not sure that there is 
a reliable way of distinguishing between, say,   an executable MetaTalk 
script and the actual Metacard engine. Anything that is a script should start 
with "#![someapp]", however. Also, folders have a directory bit that can be 
fetched with "ls -l" on the current directory (along with the rest of the 
permissions for each file). To further complicate matters, files have an 
executable flag for the owner, owner's group, and for everyone else.

Not really an answer, but hopefully something to chew on.

HTH

Brian

> New question: How are apps distinguished on Unix?  It doesn't seem dependent
> on the file extension....
> 





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