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Literally the type of a file. |
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[FileType]s are ideally standard-related, such as "utf-8 text" or "ASCII text" or "PGP encrypted" by may also be linked to the application that created them. |
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See magic(5) and file(1) for how file types are determined on [Unix]/[Linux] systems. Windows systems use filename extensions to determine file types and Macs use type- and creator-codes stored in a fork in the file itself. |
