Re: emacs interface for the unix file(1) command

[Roland Winkler]

Matthias Meulien <cimosque@free.fr> writes:

> Roland Winkler <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
> 
> > Is there an emacs interface for the unix file(1) command?
> 
> Look at the `dired-show-file-type' command; it's binded to the `y' key
> in dired mode. Note that you'll have to load the dired-aux library.

Is there also something that allows me to "do the right thing"
according to the output of file?

Roland