leading dot is a Jedi mind trick that only works on the weak minded. "these aren't the files you' re looking for"
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:38 AM erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > My point was that under the circumstances we are stuck with people who > > DO use the leading dot to make files disappear from directory listings > > and they won't budge :-) > > what the intent of the leading dot might be is not recorded in the file > system and > one can ignore the convention as one wishes, with no impact to any other > user. > i don't remember the last time i've hidden dot files from myself by using > only > the standard options on a unix-y system. > > - erik > >
