files extensions
DannyL 15.02.2007 - 23:47 675 2
DannyL
Bloody Newbie
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hey guy i have a quick question
i have files i need to open to view the content.
file extension a pretty funky..lol
is there an apps that could open all kinds of files?
the extension are
.bat
.bif
.dat
.so
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COLOSSUS
AdministratorGNUltra
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.bat = MS DOS Batch file, executeable by command.com (and possibly cmd.exe). Basically just a succession of DOS-Shell commands. .bif = well, I know that games powered by the Infinity Engine use this kind of extension to signify packed game data... could be anything else, though. .dat = generic (binary) data, I'd say, (ab)used for pretty much anything you could think of. .so = if the file's origin is a UNIX-system, this is a so-called shared object. Roughly the same as a DLL on Windows. You may also want to check http://filext.com/ for other possibilities. On GNU/Linux systems, there's a tool called `file` which is able to tell you more about the nature of serialized data you throw at it.
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rettich
Legendwaffle, waffle!
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the question is: what are you expecting to find in them? i.e. where are the files from? how did you get them? was there instructions what to do with them? .bat files are normally text files - open with notepad or ultraedit a .bif file could be from various sources. check http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=BIF for details about what it is and what application to use when opening same with .dat files - could be text files, more likely they are something else, like a packaged data file or something .so means nothing really to me, from a windows-environment point of view i suggest you either try to run the .bat file or open it with notepad and try to decipher, what it does. maybe the .bat file explains what the rest of the files do, .bat files can contain an installer routine for example
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