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dot file
(foldoc) | dot file
A Unix application program
configuration file. On Unix, files named with a leading dot
are not normally shown in directory listings. Many programs
define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration
information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise
the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in
the current or home directory.
Dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial
application program defining at least one, a user's home
directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the
user really being aware of it. Common examples are .profile,
.cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan,
.rhosts, .sig, .xsession.
See also profile, rc file.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-07)
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dot file
(jargon) | dot file
n.
A file that is not visible by default to normal directory-browsing tools
(on Unix, files named with a leading dot are, by convention, not normally
presented in directory listings). Many programs define one or more dot
files in which startup or configuration information may be optionally
recorded; a user can customize the program's behavior by creating the
appropriate file in the current or home directory. (Therefore, dot files
tend to creep — with every nontrivial application program defining at
least one, a user's home directory can be filled with scores of dot files,
of course without the user's really being aware of it.) See also profile
(sense 1), rc file.
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