On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 11:10:57AM -0700, Me wrote: > --- James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Would it make sense to place a 'var/' in every user > > account? > > The use of dot notation to hide application specific > > files and > > directories is silly. If the reason is to hide > > those files from > > standard 'ls' calls, then putting the files in a var > > directory is just > > as effective. The advantage of a directory is that > > application files > > would be easier to browse and manage, etc. Dealing > > with hidden files is > > a pain. > > > > Actually, is there ever a reason to use hidden > > files? Isn't it always > > better to put the files in a directory and give the > > directory the > > appropriate permissions? > > > PS. Hurd is getting this posting because Hurd > > doesn't have 30 years of > > tradition to break :) > > > > Thanks, > > James Bergstra > > > Don't you mean etc, so each user would have his/her > own ~/etc directory. I like this idea since > a user/administrator could just symlink their etc > to /etc to use the system wide ones by default.
Or to have both ~/etc for config and ~/var for mailbox or netscape cache
