From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 03:14:55 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > It is the year 2025.   
   >   
   > How many times do you suppose someone has considered this question ?   
   >   
   > I'm not trying to be a smart ass by saying this, just that the   
   > question is bound to be nuanced. You can do a fast and totally   
   > inaccurate determination. You can do a computationally expensive   
   > or I/O expensive determination.   
      
   I get it Paul, but as with all things, there's lots of opinions on this.   
      
   > There has to be a reason for doing this, and a damn good reason.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > There is the "file" command.   
   >   
   > It was invented in 1973.   
   >   
   >    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_%28command%29   
   >   
   > The beauty of this command, is it has some sort of ordered   
   > approach to file determination.   
      
   And... is not generally available on Windows & causes a 3rd party   
   dependency. Not to say that you're not correct in your thinking   
   but I want portability. And there are lots of things I want that   
   dont always happen either...   
      
   > [...]   
      
   Thanks Paul, actually I do appreciate your rant & the detailed examples   
   you cite. I'm in the same place with my project, it can be very frustrating.   
      
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   Mike Sanders   
      
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