From: "Gregg N" 

No, it is how the file is interpreted that determines whether it is safe.
How it is interpreted is determined by its type. On Windows, its type is
typically encoded in the file extension.

del *.*

in a .txt file is not the same as

del *.*

in a .bat file.


Gregg

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:7p38019fr743or8v8tier0uac1fvqcrgt2{at}4ax.com...
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:02:30 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> >news:k3s70153e3tkvs6prmst408kh53p5bo5j7{at}4ax.com...
> >>
> >> It is the content, not the extension, that determines whether or not a
> >file is
> >> safe.
> >
> >It used to be that it was the user who determined whether or not a file
is
> >safe. Having the machine check the extension is an improvement.
>
>
> It is still the content, and not the extension, that determines whether a
file
> is safe.
>
>  /m
>

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