Category:File formats with a distinctive filename

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This category is for formats whose files usually have one standard filename, as opposed to just a standard filename extension. Since only one file with a given name can exist per directory, such formats usually contain [[metadata]], policies, indexes, caches, and the like.
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This category is for formats whose files usually have one standard filename, as opposed to just a standard filename extension. Formats of this type are typically associated with applications that store all user data in a single file, or are used for configuration files, or per-directory information (caches, indexes, etc.).
  
It is not intended for applications and formats that use many distinctive filenames (e.g. [[Autotools]]).
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This category is not intended for applications and formats that use many distinctive filenames (e.g. [[Autotools]]).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 5 May 2016

This category is for formats whose files usually have one standard filename, as opposed to just a standard filename extension. Formats of this type are typically associated with applications that store all user data in a single file, or are used for configuration files, or per-directory information (caches, indexes, etc.).

This category is not intended for applications and formats that use many distinctive filenames (e.g. Autotools).

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