Hi, My question would be: Is it the kernel or the shell and other user land program eg. bash, ls, rm responsible for hiding the dotted files? Historically: Now why is this not just a attribute (like the evil OS Windows does) or permission of the file instead of using obsure file names ie. the dot prefix to hide the file? Thanks Shams -- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45F4229E.6050106@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > William Case wrote: >> Hi All; >> >> Just did some changes in my ~/.* ( dot files ) and started wondering why >> Linux uses dot files for its 'user' data. Its a small annoyance to have >> to specify .* each time I use them. The annoyance is primarily not >> because it's difficult but because it is odd -- different from anything >> else and data files get mixed (kinda) with my working documents. Why >> not just have a standard additional directory for 'config', or whatever >> name, to hold all the user application type data. Is the reason >> historical or is there a pragmatic purpose? >> > This is the way Linux hides files and directories. You will notice > that they do not show up in a normal ls listing, or in the file > selection window of most programs. If you have your file manager set > up not to show hidden files/directories, they will not show up there > ether. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
