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bf5a7247 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) |
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13 | .\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this |
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18 | .\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working | |
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21 | .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by |
22 | .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. | |
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25 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:35:15 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> |
26 | .\" Modified Sun Feb 19 22:02:32 1995 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> | |
27 | .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 23:28:12 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | |
28 | .\" Modified Sun Jan 26 21:56:56 1997 by Ralph Schleicher | |
29 | .\" <rs@purple.UL.BaWue.DE> | |
e00c3a07 | 30 | .\" Modified Mon Jun 16 20:24:58 1997 by Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org> |
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31 | .\" Modified Sun Oct 18 22:11:28 1998 by Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> |
32 | .\" Modified Mon Nov 16 17:24:47 1998 by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> | |
33 | .\" Modified Thu Nov 16 23:28:25 2000 by David A. Wheeler | |
34 | .\" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com> | |
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36 | .\" "nroff" ("man") (or "tbl") needs a long page to avoid warnings |
37 | .\" from "grotty" (at imagined page breaks). Bug in grotty? | |
38 | .if n .pl 1000v | |
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39 | .TH SUFFIXES 7 2000-11-16 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
40 | .SH NAME | |
41 | suffixes \- list of file suffixes | |
42 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
43 | It is customary to indicate the contents of a file with the file suffix, | |
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44 | which consists of a period, followed by one or more letters. |
45 | Many standard utilities, such as compilers, use this to recognize the type of | |
46 | file they are dealing with. | |
47 | The | |
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48 | .BR make (1) |
49 | utility is driven by rules based on file suffix. | |
50 | .PP | |
51 | Following is a list of suffixes which are likely to be found on a | |
52 | Linux system. | |
53 | .PP | |
c13182ef | 54 | .TS |
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55 | l | l |
56 | _ | _ | |
57 | lI | l . | |
58 | Suffix File type | |
59 | ,v files for RCS (Revision Control System) | |
60 | - backup file | |
61 | .C C++ source code, equivalent to \fI.cc\fP | |
62 | .F Fortran source with \fBcpp\fP(1) directives | |
63 | or file compressed using freeze | |
64 | .S assembler source with \fBcpp\fP(1) directives | |
65 | .Y file compressed using yabba | |
66 | .Z file compressed using \fBcompress\fP(1) | |
67 | .[0-9]+gf TeX generic font files | |
68 | .[0-9]+pk TeX packed font files | |
69 | .[1-9] manual page for the corresponding section | |
70 | .[1-9][a-z] manual page for section plus subsection | |
71 | .a static object code library | |
72 | .ad X application default resource file | |
73 | .ada Ada source (may be body, spec, or combination) | |
74 | .adb Ada body source | |
75 | .ads Ada spec source | |
76 | .afm PostScript font metrics | |
77 | .al Perl autoload file | |
78 | .am \fBautomake\fP(1) input file | |
79 | .arc \fBarc\fP(1) archive | |
80 | .arj \fBarj\fP(1) archive | |
d9bfdb9c | 81 | .asc PGP ASCII-armored data |
9fdfa163 | 82 | .asm (GNU) assembler source file |
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83 | .au Audio sound file |
84 | .aux LaTeX auxiliary file | |
85 | .avi (msvideo) movie | |
86 | .awk AWK language program | |
87 | .b LILO boot loader image | |
88 | .bak backup file | |
89 | .bash \fBbash\fP(1) shell script | |
90 | .bb basic block list data produced by | |
5b8dbfd4 | 91 | gcc \-ftest\-coverage |
fea681da | 92 | .bbg basic block graph data produced by |
5b8dbfd4 | 93 | gcc \-ftest\-coverage |
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94 | .bbl BibTeX output |
95 | .bdf X font file | |
96 | .bib TeX bibliographic database, BibTeX input | |
97 | .bm bitmap source | |
98 | .bmp bitmap | |
99 | .bz2 file compressed using \fBbzip2\fP(1) | |
100 | .c C source | |
101 | .cat message catalog files | |
102 | .cc C++ source | |
103 | .cf configuration file | |
104 | .cfg configuration file | |
105 | .cgi WWW content generating script or program | |
106 | .cls LaTeX Class definition | |
107 | .class Java compiled byte-code | |
108 | .conf configuration file | |
109 | .config configuration file | |
110 | .cpp equivalent to \fI.cc\fR | |
111 | .csh \fBcsh\fP(1) shell script | |
112 | .cxx equivalent to \fI.cc\fR | |
113 | .dat data file | |
114 | .deb Debian software package | |
115 | .def Modula-2 source for definition modules | |
116 | .def other definition files | |
117 | .desc initial part of mail message unpacked with | |
118 | \fBmunpack\fP(1) | |
119 | .diff file differences (\fBdiff\fP(1) command output) | |
120 | .dir dbm data base directory file | |
121 | .doc documentation file | |
122 | .dsc Debian Source Control (source package) | |
123 | .dtx LaTeX package source file | |
124 | .dvi TeX's device independent output | |
125 | .el Emacs-Lisp source | |
126 | .elc compiled Emacs-Lisp source | |
127 | .eps encapsulated PostScript | |
128 | .exp Expect source code | |
129 | .f Fortran source | |
130 | .f77 Fortran 77 source | |
131 | .f90 Fortran 90 source | |
01d0a447 | 132 | .fas precompiled Common-Lisp |
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133 | .fi Fortran include files |
134 | .fig FIG image file (used by \fBxfig\fP(1)) | |
135 | .fmt TeX format file | |
136 | .gif Compuserve Graphics Image File format | |
137 | .gmo GNU format message catalog | |
138 | .gsf Ghostscript fonts | |
139 | .gz file compressed using \fBgzip\fP(1) | |
140 | .h C or C++ header files | |
141 | .help help file | |
142 | .hf equivalent to \fI.help\fP | |
143 | .hlp equivalent to \fI.help\fP | |
144 | .htm poor man's \fI.html\fP | |
145 | .html HTML document used with the World Wide Web | |
146 | .hqx 7-bit encoded Macintosh file | |
147 | .i C source after preprocessing | |
148 | .icon bitmap source | |
149 | .idx reference or datum-index file for hypertext | |
150 | or database system | |
151 | .image bitmap source | |
152 | .in configuration template, especially for GNU Autoconf | |
153 | .info files for the Emacs info browser | |
9fdfa163 | 154 | .info-[0-9]+ split info files |
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155 | .ins LaTeX package install file for docstrip |
156 | .itcl itcl source code; | |
157 | itcl ([incr Tcl]) is an OO extension of tcl | |
158 | .java a Java source file | |
159 | .jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group format | |
160 | .jpg poor man's \fI.jpeg\fP | |
161 | .kmap \fBlyx\fP(1) keymap | |
162 | .l equivalent to \fI.lex\fP or \fI.lisp\fP | |
163 | .lex \fBlex\fP(1) or \fBflex\fP(1) files | |
164 | .lha lharc archive | |
165 | .lib Common-Lisp library | |
166 | .lisp Lisp source | |
167 | .ln files for use with \fBlint\fP(1) | |
168 | .log log file, in particular produced by TeX | |
169 | .lsm Linux Software Map entry | |
170 | .lsp Common-Lisp source | |
171 | .lzh lharc archive | |
172 | .m Objective-C source code | |
173 | .m4 \fBm4\fP(1) source | |
174 | .mac macro files for various programs | |
175 | .man manual page (usually source rather than formatted) | |
176 | .map map files for various programs | |
177 | .me Nroff source using the me macro package | |
178 | .mf Metafont (font generator for TeX) source | |
179 | .mgp MagicPoint file | |
180 | .mm sources for \fBgroff\fP(1) in mm - format | |
181 | .mo Message catalog binary file | |
182 | .mod Modula-2 source for implementation modules | |
183 | .mov (quicktime) movie | |
184 | .mp Metapost source | |
185 | .mp2 MPEG Layer 2 (audio) file | |
186 | .mp3 MPEG Layer 3 (audio) file | |
187 | .mpeg movie file | |
188 | .o object file | |
189 | .old old or backup file | |
190 | .orig backup (original) version of a file, from \fBpatch\fP(1) | |
191 | .out output file, often executable program (a.out) | |
192 | .p Pascal source | |
193 | .pag dbm data base data file | |
194 | .patch file differences for \fBpatch\fP(1) | |
195 | .pbm portable bitmap format | |
196 | .pcf X11 font files | |
197 | .pdf Adobe Portable Data Format | |
198 | (use Acrobat/\fBacroread\fP or \fBxpdf\fP) | |
199 | .perl Perl source (see .ph, .pl and .pm) | |
200 | .pfa PostScript font definition files, ASCII format | |
201 | .pfb PostScript font definition files, binary format | |
202 | .pgm portable greymap format | |
203 | .pgp PGP binary data | |
204 | .ph Perl header file | |
205 | .php PHP program file | |
206 | .php3 PHP3 program file | |
75b94dc3 | 207 | .pid File to store daemon PID (e.g., crond.pid) |
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208 | .pl TeX property list file or Perl library file |
209 | .pm Perl module | |
210 | .png Portable Network Graphics file | |
211 | .po Message catalog source | |
212 | .pod \fBperldoc\fP(1) file | |
213 | .ppm portable pixmap format | |
214 | .pr bitmap source | |
215 | .ps PostScript file | |
216 | .py Python source | |
217 | .pyc compiled python | |
218 | .qt quicktime movie | |
219 | .r RATFOR source (obsolete) | |
220 | .rej patches that \fBpatch\fP(1) couldn't apply | |
dd6b86ce | 221 | .rpm RPM software package |
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222 | .rtf Rich Text Format file |
223 | .rules rules for something | |
224 | .s assembler source | |
225 | .sa stub libraries for a.out shared libraries | |
9fdfa163 | 226 | .sc \fBsc\fP(1) spreadsheet commands |
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227 | .scm Scheme source code |
228 | .sed sed source file | |
229 | .sgml SGML source file | |
230 | .sh \fBsh\fP(1) scripts | |
231 | .shar archive created by the \fBshar\fP(1) utility | |
232 | .so Shared library or dynamically loadable object | |
233 | .sql SQL source | |
234 | .sqml SQML schema or query program | |
235 | .sty LaTeX style files | |
236 | .sym Modula-2 compiled definition modules | |
237 | .tar archive created by the \fBtar\fP(1) utility | |
238 | .tar.Z tar(1) archive compressed with \fBcompress\fP(1) | |
239 | .tar.bz2 tar(1) archive compressed with \fBbzip2\fP(1) | |
240 | .tar.gz tar(1) archive compressed with \fBgzip\fP(1) | |
241 | .taz tar(1) archive compressed with \fBcompress\fP(1) | |
242 | .tcl tcl source code | |
243 | .tex TeX or LaTeX source | |
244 | .texi equivalent to \fI.texinfo\fP | |
245 | .texinfo Texinfo documentation source | |
246 | .text text file | |
247 | .tfm TeX font metric file | |
248 | .tgz tar archive compressed with \fBgzip\fP(1) | |
249 | .tif poor man's \fI.tiff\fP | |
250 | .tiff Tagged Image File Format | |
251 | .tk tcl/tk script | |
252 | .tmp temporary file | |
253 | .tmpl template files | |
254 | .txt equivalent to \fI.text\fP | |
255 | .uu equivalent to \fI.uue\fP | |
256 | .uue binary file encoded with \fBuuencode\fP(1) | |
257 | .vf TeX virtual font file | |
258 | .vpl TeX virtual property list file | |
259 | .w Silvio Levi's CWEB | |
260 | .wav wave sound file | |
261 | .web Donald Knuth's WEB | |
262 | .wml Source file for Web Meta Language | |
263 | .xbm X11 bitmap source | |
264 | .xcf GIMP graphic | |
265 | .xml eXtended Markup Language file | |
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266 | .xpm X11 pixmap source |
267 | .xs Perl xsub file produced by h2xs | |
574b9f44 | 268 | .xsl XSL stylesheet |
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269 | .y \fByacc\fP(1) or \fBbison\fP(1) (parser generator) files |
270 | .z File compressed using \fBpack\fP(1) (or an old \fBgzip\fP(1)) | |
271 | .zip \fBzip\fP(1) archive | |
272 | .zoo \fBzoo\fP(1) archive | |
273 | ~ Emacs or \fBpatch\fP(1) backup file | |
75b94dc3 | 274 | rc startup (`run control') file, e.g., \fI.newsrc\fP |
fea681da | 275 | .TE |
47297adb | 276 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
008f1ecc | 277 | General UNIX conventions. |
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278 | .SH BUGS |
279 | This list is not exhaustive. | |
47297adb | 280 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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281 | .BR file (1), |
282 | .BR make (1) |