leading dot is a Jedi mind trick that only works on the weak minded. "these
aren't the files you' re looking for"


On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:38 AM erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
wrote:

> > My point was that under the circumstances we are stuck with people who
> > DO use the leading dot to make files disappear from directory listings
> > and they won't budge :-)
>
> what the intent of the leading dot might be is not recorded in the file
> system and
> one can ignore the convention as one wishes, with no impact to any other
> user.
> i don't remember the last time i've hidden dot files from myself by using
> only
> the standard options on a unix-y system.
>
> - erik
>
>