Hottest day of the year so I cannot think

[suesmate]

Please help i know i am being dense but i have been sent a file with the extension .cff what do i need to open it and how can i open it

[Ric_]

A quick Google found http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=CFF but it's probably no use whatsoever since it will be some ropey proprietry 'educational' software.

[NetworkGeezer]

Context is also great help in these situations.
Do you know what type of information is being sent?
Is it a graphic file? Is it font? What subject is the teacher involved in?

[suesmate]

Sent to school no name on envelope, got the impression it is somehow connected with a cctv tape

[pete]

Open it in a text editor (unless it's massive - not a dump of video files?) and see if there are any clues.

if you have access to a linux box... run strings and file

 you@linuxbox: strings /path/to/unidentified/file

which will dump text strings to the console.

you@linuxbox: file /path/to/unidentified/file

which will have a stab at identifying the file.

Google suggests it's a font, though cctv recorder vendors have funny ideas about "unused" file extensions when writing apps.

[suesmate]

Cheers for the advice, probably some C**p but dying to know what it is

[ChrisC]

Make sure you run a virus scan on it first?.......

Un-labelled envelopes are much like un-subject-ed and un-sender-ed emails........

Either that or I'm just pedantic.

Chris

[petectid]

Visit this page and search it comes up with several options.

[tarquel]

Like what Ric mentioned petectid?

Not sure that the thread should be in this section tho hehe

Cheers
Nath

[webman]

Google. "Filetype cff". Job done

[bossman]

He's a clever guy that "google" never bin wrong so far