Ken Wilson wrote:
>
> Anything in a file directory with a '.' in front of it will be hidden,
> whether its a file or a directory. This is to safeguard special files
> from users who don't have the savvy to be messing with them. Also,
> because they are usually generated by programs for specific
Well, it's a Unix convention dating back at least 20 years (and I
presume all the way back to 1972 or thereabouts) that a file starting
with a dot is a hidden file.
That is, in order to reduce clutter, you can name a file starting with
a dot and then it won't be shown with an ordinary ls command
Anything in a file directory with a '.' in front of it will be hidden,
whether its a file or a directory. This is to safeguard special files
from users who don't have the savvy to be messing with them. Also,
because they are usually generated by programs for specific use by the
program they are
