Re: What is a filename?

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Why you gotta make things so complicated? I just wanted to answer the OP's
question so he can have an idea of what to look for.

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
news:O%23ERokoIGHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kyuzo wrote:
> > Readme is the actual filename. The .txt, like you said, is the file
> > extension. This usually indicates what the file is. In your example,
> > Readme.txt, the .txt indicates that the file (Readme) is a text file
> > and can be open up with a text editor like Notepad. There are many
> > extensions and each one of them corresponds to different things. For
> > example, .exe files are excutable files and they generally install
> > stuff in your computer when you double click on them.
> > I dunno if I answered your question correctly but that was the best I
> > could explain it. The whole "readme.txt" is just called a file or
> > filename. I hope it doesn't confuse you too much.
> >
>
> Then what about read.this.its.a.text.file a perfectly legal file name in
> many operating systems? My understanding is that readme.txt is the
filename.
> Windows and some other OS' and programs look for and use anything after
the
> last period in the file name to try and determine what type of file it is.
> Some OS' store this information with the file and don't use "extensions".
>
> Kerry
>
>


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