Windows doesn't have a file type concept apart from the extention. The only way to determine the type of a file without opening it and examining its content, is by way of the extention. If the extention wont be there, there isn't much you can do. ___Carl_Johan_Berglund_________________________ Adverb Information carl.johan.berglund@adverb.se http://www.adverb.se/ ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org