Re: [PLUG] bin extension

[Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>]

just do this:

bash$ file whatever.bin


It will tell you what type of file it is.

If it is not recognized, then it certainly isn't an executable.

 -- noah silva 

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, William H. Magill wrote:

> On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 12:21 PM, Frodo Williams wrote:
> > I've just downloaded an xml tool, treebeard, and now have a file with 
> > a .bin extension, MIME type application/octet.  I have chmod' the file 
> > to 777, and yet I can still can not get this file to run.
> >
> > What do I need to get this working, or, as an alternative, can someone 
> > recommend a good xml/xslt editor/ide.
> 
> Are you certain that it is an executable? And for what hardware 
> architecture?
> 
> ".bin" extensions are frequently used on Stuffit Archives and launch 
> the application "stuffit expander" (on Mac and PC) which in turn 
> unpacks the particular stuffit archive into a directory which contains 
> the actual executable.
> 
> 
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill
> magill@mcgillsociety.org
> magill@acm.org
> magill@mac.com
> 
> 
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