'\" t .\" (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) .\" .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are .\" preserved on all copies. .\" .\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this .\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the .\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a .\" permission notice identical to this one .\" .\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this .\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no .\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from .\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not .\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, .\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working .\" professionally. .\" .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" License. .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:35:15 1993 by Rik Faith .\" Modified Sun Feb 19 22:02:32 1995 by Rik Faith .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 23:28:12 1996 by Eric S. Raymond .\" Modified Sun Jan 26 21:56:56 1997 by Ralph Schleicher .\" .\" Modified Mon Jun 16 20:24:58 1997 by Nicolas Lichtmaier .TH SUFFIXES 7 "April 4, 1996" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME suffixes \- list of file suffixes .SH DESCRIPTION It is customary to indicate the contents of a file with the file suffix, which consists of a period, followed by one or more letters. Many standard utilities, such as compilers, use this to recognize the type of file they are dealing with. The .BR make (1) utility is driven by rules based on file suffix. .PP Following is a list of suffixes which are likely to be found on a Linux system. .PP .TS l | l _ | _ lI | l . Suffix File type ,v files for RCS (Revision Control System) - backup file .C C++ source code .F Fortran source with \fBcpp\fR(1) directives .S assembler source with \fBcpp\fR(1) directives .Z file compressed using \fBcompress\fR(1) .[0-9]+gf TeX generic font files .[0-9]+pk TeX packed font files .[1-9] manual page for the corresponding section .[1-9][a-z] manual page for section plus subsection .a static object code library .afm PostScript font metrics .arc \fBarc\fR(1) archive .arj \fBarj\fR(1) archive .asc PGP ASCII-armoured data .awk AWK language program .bak backup file .bm bitmap source .c C source .cat message catalog files .cc C++ source .cf configuration file .class Java compiled byte-code .conf configuration file .config configuration file .dat data file .deb Debian software package .def Modula-2 source for definition modules .def other definition files .diff file differences (diff(1) command output) .doc documentation file .dvi TeX's device independent output .el Emacs-Lisp source .elc compiled Emacs-Lisp source .eps encapsulated PostScript .f Fortran source .fas pre-compiled Common-Lisp .fi Fortran include files .gif Compuserve Graphics Image File format .gsf Ghostscript fonts .gz file compressed using \fBgzip\fR(1) .h C or C++ header files .help help file .hf equivalent to \fI.help\fR .hlp equivalent to \fI.help\fR .htm HTML file imported from a brain-damaged interrupt handler .html HTML document used with the World Wide Web .i C source after preprocessing .idx reference or datum-index file for hypertext or database system .icon bitmap source .image bitmap source .in configuration template, especially for GNU Autoconf .info files for the Emacs info browser .info-[0-9]+ splitted info files .java a Java source file .jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group format .jpg equivalent to \fI.jpeg\fR .l equivalent to \fI.lex\fR or \fI.lisp\fR .lex \fBlex\fR(1) or \fBflex\fR(1) files .lib Common-Lisp library .lisp Lisp source .ln files for use with \fBlint\fR(1) .lsp Common-Lisp source .m4 \fBm4\fR(1) source .mac macro files for various programs .man manual page (usually source rather than formatted) .me Nroff source using the me macro package .mf Metafont (font generator for TeX) source .mm sources for \fBgroff\fR(1) in mm - format .mod Modula-2 source for implementation modules .o object file .old old or backup file .orig backup (original) version of a file, from \fBpatch\fR(1) .out output file, often executable program (a.out) .p Pascal source .patch file differences for \fBpatch\fR(1) .pbm portable bitmap format .pcf X11 font files .perl Perl source .pfa PostScript font definition files, ASCII format .pfb PostScript font definition files, binary format .pgm portable greymap format .pgp PGP binary data .pid File to store daemon pid (e.g. crond.pid) .png Portable Network Graphics file .ph Perl header file .pl TeX property list file or Perl library file .pm Perl method file .ppm portable pixmap format .pr bitmap source .ps PostScript file .py Python source .pyc compiled python .r RATFOR source (obsolete) .rej patches that \fBpatch\fR(1) couldn't apply .rpm RedHat software package .rules rules for something .s assembler source .sa stub libraries for a.out shared libraries .sc \fBsc\fR(1) spreadsheed commands .sh \fBsh\fR(1) scripts .shar archive created by the \fBshar\fR(1) utility .so DLL dynamic library .sql SQL source .sqml SQML schema or query program .sty LaTeX style files .sym Modula-2 compiled definition modules .tar archive created by the \fBtar\fR(1) utility .tar.Z tar(1) archive compressed with \fBcompress\fR(1) .tar.gz tar(1) archive compressed with \fBgzip\fR(1) .taz tar(1) archive compressed with \fBcompress\fR(1) .tex TeX or LaTeX source .texi equivalent to \fI.texinfo\fR .texinfo Texinfo documentation source .text text file .tfm TeX font metric file .tgz tar archive compressed with \fBgzip\fR(1) .tiff Tagged Image File Format .tmpl template files .txt equivalent to \fI.text\fR .uu equivalent to \fI.uue\fR .uue binary file encoded with \fBuuencode\fR(1) .vf TeX virtual font file .vpl TeX virtual property list file .w Silvio Levi's CWEB .web Donald Knuth's WEB .xbm X11 bitmap source .xpm X11 pixmap source .y \fByacc\fR(1) or \fBbison\fR(1) (parser generator) files .z File compressed using \fBpack\fR(1) (or an old \fBgzip\fR(1)) .zip \fBzip\fR(1) archive .zoo \fBzoo\fR(1) archive ~ Emacs or \fBpatch\fR(1) backup file rc startup (`run control') file, e.g. \fI.newsrc\fR .TE .SH "CONFORMS TO" General UNIX conventions. .SH BUGS This list is not exhaustive. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR file "(1), " make (1)