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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Ty Sarna wrote:

> > 	2.  File assocations -- we want be be able to exexute "file.gif" and
> >	see it, or maybe "cd " into file.tar as a directory. 
> 
> *Is* that what we want? Is there a reason to build it into the kernel
> instead of handling it at the application level?

Indeed.  FWIW, NeXTStep (and the Openstep environment on Solaris) has a
command `open'.  `open foo' guesses the type of foo and opens it with
the appropriate application (user definable, of course), or runs it if
its a NeXTish application directory.  I _much_ prefer this type of
solution, ie putting the problem in the hands of a prog I call when I
want the new semantics to muddying the existing interface...  What
happens if I have a gif named `ls' in my path?

- --
				Jim Wise
				jim.wise@turner.com

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