On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:52 AM, Nik N <niknot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8/12/08, Derek McGowan <deniment@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> in your home directory, there is a hidden directory called .wine - look >> there >> > Why, oh why does it have to be a hidden directory? > Hidden from who, and for what purpose? Reduce clutter. Your home directory stores a lot of things. The idea is that background things you won't *normally* be accessing directly - program data, etc. Is stored in hidden files/driectories to make it easier to find the things you will use frequently. If you want to see a hidden directory, try 'ls -a' on the command line. The 'hidden' is more of a convenience thing than a function/security/restriction thing. Once you are used to it, it also becomes VERY convenient. > Is there any way (short of re-compiling wine) to change that and make > it a normal directory called simply "wine"? There have been a couple of answers to this, for most users, the symlink is the easiest. In a command line: $ cd ~ $ ln -s .wine wine Note: I often get the 'ln' ops backwards, you might want to check the man page. It might be 'ln -s wine .wine', but I'm fairly sure it's what I wrote above. -Jim Stapleton
