On 02/28/2016 12:27 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2016-02-27, Frank Cox > <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:33:00 -0500 H wrote: >> >>> No, that I already did. I am talking about the file type when you >>> open a graphical directory window. >> I'm missing something here. Do you mean that you want to change icon >> that shows up in a Nautilus window for a particular filetype? >> > I think the OP is talking about the file type that Nautilus reports when > you right-click on a file and bring up the 'Properties' dialog. > > In my case (also CentOS 6) Naulitus reports 'Genesis ROM' for files with > the .md extension. The file command, on the other hand, reports 'ASCII > English text'. > > The file responsible for the behaviour of Nautilus is > /usr/share/mime/application/x-genesis-rom.xml, which appears to have > been generated by update-mime-database. > Correct. I looked at that file and it says "created automatically by update-mime-database. do not edit" which begs the question: how can I "correct this?"