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From: brandon@tdi2.UUCP
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Subject: file extensions
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Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 19:37:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 19 19:37:27 1986
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Quoted from <1694@cwruecmp.UUCP> ["Re: UNIX file extensions"], by cwruacm@cwruecmp.UUCP (Kronen Insultants)...
+---------------
| I don't know if these are really enforced anywhere, but how about
| 
| 	.i   Berkeley Pascal include source file (I've seen it used as such)
+---------------

	.i   Preprocessed C source (cc -P)

+---------------
| 	.f77 Fortran 77 source file
| 
| 	.el (or .ell) Lisp (probably Franz) source file
+---------------

	.el  GNU Lisp file
	.elc GNU lisp bytecompiled file

And, while we're at it:

	.q   UNIFY screen file
	.idx Index file (UNIFY & Informix-{4G,SQ}L
	.dat Data file (Informix-*)
	.per, .frm, .ace, .arc, .4gl, .ec, .4ge, .iem, ...
	.INX RM/COBOL 2.0 index file
	.inx "             "     "

++Brandon
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