On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:51:14PM +0200, spamfuerda...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi! > > I (and some other people) are wondering about the question: > > "What does .d at the end of some dirctory and filenames actually stand for?" > > > It does not mean deamon or default. > > Does it maybe mean directory? Probably not, cause there are files named > "x.d" too. > > > There is no information about this in http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ > > > Greetings > David >From my recollection, some programs can add a way to make configurations more flexible. Instead of making 'my-config' which may contain many configuration stanzas, they allow their stanzas to be seperated into individual files(eg. option-one, option-two, etc.) and these individual files are put under a main directory (eg. my-config.d). Thus: my-config becomes my-config.d/option-one my-config.d/option-two ...
So if you want to add more info to option-one, you can simply edit that one file and avoid editing other options. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | http://kevix.myopenid.com | | : :' : The Universal OS | mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/ | | `. `' http://www.debian.org/ | http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _________| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100419164313.gc5...@horacrux
