ksb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf) (03/04/91)
I'd like a canonical list of file extensions and their meanings under
UNIX. I'd also like the common name for the interp or compiler, the
magic number, and the comment characters used in the file.
Like:
Name Contains Given to Magic# Comments
dot-c C source cc - /* X */
dot-Z compressed data zcat 0x9d1f -
Please send any data you might have to me, if you could format it as:
name:contents:processor:magic#:comments
so I can feed it to tbl(1) life would be even better.
This is my first (public) draft (including some specail file names)
which omits the last 3 cols, because I'm not so sure about all of them:
I'll post a new version in about 30 days.
Files:
a.out default ld output file
core a post mortem from a running program
Makefile a make(1) makefile
Valid test suite description for valid
gmon.out executable file
makefile a make(1) makefile
valid test suite description for valid
Extenders:
comma-v RCS delta file
dot-1 manual page
dot-1c manual page
dot-1g dot-1l dot-1u dot-1v dot-2 dot-2l dot-3 dot-3c dot-3f dot-3l
dot-3m dot-3n dot-3s dot-3x dot-4 dot-4f dot-4l dot-4n dot-4p dot-5
dot-5l dot-6 dot-6l dot-7 dot-7l dot-8 dot-8c dot-8l dot-8v ...
dot-a ar archive
dot-C C++ source
dot-C compacted data
dot-c C source
dot-e efl source
dot-f FORTRAN source
dot-h C header file
dot-i C header file
dot-l lex input or LISP source
dot-m Modula 2 source or mkcmd input
dot-o object code
dot-p Pascal source
dot-r ratfor source
dot-s asm source
dot-t nroff/troff source
dot-v test suite description for valid
dot-y yacc input
dot-z compacted data
dot-Z compressed data
dot-el emacs lisp source
dot-ln lint library
dot-m2 Modula 2 source or mkcmd input
dot-m4 m4 source
dot-me manual page
dot-mk a make(1) makefile
dot-mm manual page
dot-ms manual page
dot-ph perl header file
dot-pl perl source
dot-ps PostScript source
dot-sh sh commands
dot-uu uuencoded data
dot-csh csh commands
dot-dir dbm directory or data
dot-dvi TeX output
dot-f77 FORTRAN source
dot-ksh ksh commands
dot-man manual page
dot-nro nroff/troff source
dot-out executable file
dot-pag dbm directory or data
dot-tar tar archive
dot-uue uuencoded data
dot-xbm an X bitmap image
dot-zoo zoo archive
dot-diff diff output, patch input
dot-make a make(1) makefile
dot-shar shell archive
dot-tcsh tcsh commands
dot-patch diff output, patch input
Maybes
dot-bg a BBN BitGraph
dot-g3 a G3 FAX image
dot-go GraphOn graphics
dot-lj an HP LaserJet image
dot-are a McARE file
dot-fbm an FBM image
dot-gif a GIF image
dot-hip a Human Information Processing file
dot-img a GEM image
dot-mgr a CMU WM Raster
dot-mtv Mark VanDeWettering's ray tracer input
dot-pbm Jef Poskanzer's portable bitmap
dot-pgm Jef Poskanzer's portable grey
dot-ppm Jef Poskanzer's portable bitmap
dot-ptx Printronix printer graphics
dot-qrt QRT ray tracer input
dot-rle a Utah RLE image
dot-tga a TrueVision Targa image
dot-upc UPC codes
dot-xpm an X Pixmap
dot-xwd an X Window dump
dot-csun a Sun Rasterfile
dot-face a Faces Project image
dot-fits a Flexible Image Transport System file
dot-icon a Sun icon image or an Icon source
dot-ilbm an Amiga IFF ILBM
dot-macp a MacPaint image
dot-tiff a TIFF image
dot-brush a Xerox Doodle Brush
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kayessbee, Kevin Braunsdorf, ksb@cc.purdue.edu, pur-ee!ksb, purdue!ksbDan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (03/05/91)
>>>>> On 3 Mar 91 22:35:41 GMT, ksb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf) said:
Kevin> I'd like a canonical list of file extensions and their meanings under
Kevin> UNIX.
Well, here's GNU Emacs' default auto-mode-alist...
auto-mode-alist's value is
(
("\\.text$" . text-mode)
("\\.c$" . c-mode)
("\\.h$" . c-mode)
("\\.tex$" . TeX-mode)
("\\.el$" . emacs-lisp-mode)
("\\.scm$" . scheme-mode)
("\\.l$" . lisp-mode)
("\\.lisp$" . lisp-mode)
("\\.f$" . fortran-mode)
("\\.mss$" . scribe-mode)
("\\.pl$" . prolog-mode)
("\\.TeX$" . TeX-mode)
("\\.sty$" . LaTeX-mode)
("\\.bbl$" . LaTeX-mode)
("\\.bib$" . text-mode)
("\\.article$" . text-mode)
("\\.letter$" . text-mode)
("\\.texinfo$" . texinfo-mode)
("\\.lsp$" . lisp-mode)
("\\.prolog$" . prolog-mode)
("^/tmp/Re" . text-mode)
("^/tmp/fol/" . text-mode)
("/Message[0-9]*$" . text-mode)
("\\.y$" . c-mode)
("\\.cc$" . c-mode)
("\\.scm.[0-9]*$" . scheme-mode)
("[]>:/]\\..*emacs" . emacs-lisp-mode)
("\\.ml$" . lisp-mode)
)
Documentation:
Alist of filename patterns vs corresponding major mode functions.
Each element looks like (REGEXP . FUNCTION).
Visiting a file whose name matches REGEXP causes FUNCTION to be called.
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