dot files

[Jon Hamilton]

rob at b15.INGR.COM (Rob Lemley) writes:

>In <1990Nov16.141503.5567 at ssd.kodak.com> weimer at ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer) writes:

>>In article <6270 at minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s887212 at minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Stephen Riehm [Romulis]) writes:
>>>
>>>were does one find descriptions for '.' files?
>>>
>>'dot files' do not have any meaning in and of themselves. They are only
>>important to the programs that use them.

>>Notice that many of the files end in 'rc' (anyone no the meaning of this?

>The rc stands for "runcom" or "run commands."
>I believe that this convention came from an operating system which 
>predated Unix.

Um, actually, I believe .rc stands for "runtime configuration" - but I've
been wrong once or twice before. :)

jon hamilton


>Rob Lemley