Luckily ssh does it well with a hidden subdirectory. Otherwise I would have a plethora of key files lying around in my home root. Thanks Shams -- "Tim" <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1173687423.2928.14.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 11:13 -0400, William Case wrote: >> 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? > > That's an old complaint, and there has been some recommendation that > setting directories and files ought to be in a sub-directory > (e.g. .config/). > > It *is* a pain that my homespace is cluttered with a plethora of usually > (but not always) hidden files, rather than one hidden starting point for > all the things you don't usually need to mess with. Likewise, it's > really a pain that some things spread their settings through out > disparate parts, often in directories disassociated with the program > name (evolution springs to mind on both those counts). > > -- > (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
