# Mysterious .bin file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysterious-bin-file/5611>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 21, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysterious-bin-file/5611 "2012-12-21T17:44:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysterious-bin-file/5611/1 "2012-12-21T17:44:13Z")

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FYI, re. [this post](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=9177&p=31338&hilit=bin#p31338), it turns out KDE automatically renames unknown file types with a .bin extension.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysterious-bin-file/5611/2 "2013-03-29T18:19:47Z")

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Good to know, thanks.