From: Mike '/m' 


del *.*

in a .bat file is bad.


echo hi

in a .bat file is not bad.


it is the content of the file, not its extension.

 /m


On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:23:13 -0500, "Gregg N"
 wrote:

>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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