Re: [rox-users] Re: Re: using rox filer

[Ken H. <kh...@so...>]

But it also means is that if you tell it to ignore the executable bit and it knows the extension it will launch the app.

John Pettigrew wrote:
> In a previous message, Stephen Watson <st...@ke...> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Yes I've already tried using the Run Action' from the `File' menu and it
>>worked with some files as *.jpeg,  but not with Ooo files (*.sxw), and never
>>with files (whatever they are) on fat32 partitions.
>>
>>Did you read the last entry?
> 
> 
> I suspect he did - did you? It reads:
> 
> 
>>Why don't the types work on CDs or Windows discs?
>>
>>This happens when all the files are shown using the icon (or similar).
>>
>>These types of file system can force all files to be marked as executable,
>>which overrides the type system. Either re-configure the file system (if you
>>know how!) or use the option Types=>Ignore eXecutable bit for known 
>>extensions.
> 
> 
> That is, on FAT32 systems and some CDs, you'll find that Rox (and other
> filemanagers) can't automatically handle launching data files, because the FS
> has defined all files as executable (N.B. this isn't a fault in the
> filemanager but a misconfiguration [for this purpose] of the mount). This
> means that, to the filemanager, they appear as executable files, not data, so
> they are Run instead of being passed to another application to load.
> 
> HTH
> 
> John

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Ken Hayber (kh...@so...)
Huntington Beach, CA