Curious Sunday Morning Linux File System Question ??

Shams shams at orcon.net.nz
Mon Mar 12 11:38:00 UTC 2007


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

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"Tim" <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote in message 
news:1173687423.2928.14.camel at serge.lan.cameratim.com...
> 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).
>
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