From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Is DOS dead?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:31:52 -0400
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Ken Power wrote:

> >>What type of 'associatation' do you mean?  Wouldn't this have to be a
> >>file-manager specific task?
> >Yes, and it would come as the default in decent file managers.
> Perhaps I am wrong, but with the newer linux kernels (2.2.x) one has
> the ability to execute MISC binaries. From what I have read it appears
> one can associate a file/executable with the proper loader (java class
> files with a jvm, etc). No, I have never done it myself, nor have I
> thoroughly searched to see how this is done, but I know it does not
> depend on X or a window manager (though they also give similar
> abilites).

That makes the assumption that the rpm's will be executable, which I
doubt...

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)