# Programmatically associate a file extension **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174 "2008-04-08T16:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/1 "2008-04-08T16:51:39Z")
Hi, How can we programmatically associate a file extension to my program using Ruby. Please send information regarding this. Thanks in Advance, kumar ---
**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/2 "2008-04-08T17:01:51Z")
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Kumar Ca [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > How can we programmatically associate a file extension to my program > using Ruby. > > Please send information regarding this. > > Thanks in Advance, > kumar if you are on windows, use ftype and assoc commands. [http://www.ss64.com/nt/ftype.html](http://www.ss64.com/nt/ftype.html) ---
**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/3 "2008-04-08T18:14:57Z")
Jano S. wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Kumar Ca [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > How can we programmatically associate a file extension to my program > > using Ruby. > > > > Please send information regarding this. > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > kumar > > if you are on windows, use ftype and assoc commands. > > [Ftype - File type - Windows CMD - SS64.com](http://www.ss64.com/nt/ftype.html) Thanks a lot please give procedure for linux ---
**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/4 "2008-04-08T18:27:23Z")
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**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/5 "2008-04-08T21:16:10Z")
Kumar Ca wrote: > Jano S. wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Kumar Ca [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > How can we programmatically associate a file extension to my program > > > using Ruby. > > > > > > Please send information regarding this. > > > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > kumar > > > > if you are on windows, use ftype and assoc commands. > > > > [Ftype - File type - Windows CMD - SS64.com](http://www.ss64.com/nt/ftype.html) > > Thanks a lot > > please give procedure for linux Linux does not use a “file extension” to associate a program with a file. Instead, scripts typically have a “shebang” line at the top. This is a comment to the script but, if it is present, the shell will use it to determine what program to execute. > **[Shebang (Unix)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix))** > > In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script. It is also called sharp-exclamation, sha-bang, hashbang, pound-bang, or hash-pling. > When a text file with a shebang is used as if it is an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the file's initial line as an interpreter directive. The loader executes the specified interpreter program, passing to i... ---
**Author:** ![kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumar\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar_a)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-associate-a-file-extension/134174/6 "2008-04-09T03:47:51Z")
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