David.Stevenson@jet.uk writes: |>> Nothing keeps a GEM-shell from doing a stat() on the files you double- |>> click, instead of relying on some obscure extensions. I assume that |>> for example Gemini will do something like that. |> But most desktops don't do that. Anyway, on a TOS filesystem how does stat() |> tell a desktop that a file is executable? Well, MiNT relies on some obscure extensions... :-)