From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5a780c1e for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EC21E9B617; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:45:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1776A9B613; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:45:09 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="NOjrUfKT"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BFD269B612; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:45:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f175.google.com (mail-pl1-f175.google.com [209.85.214.175]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48D4B9B611 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:45:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f175.google.com with SMTP id w20so3443895plq.3 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:45:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j7rAkSzMrzuXYtx5n/d7ndHHggDpIUxpIhRecqdQLFo=; b=NOjrUfKTm7puzS78r5g3QQ1PvTg/OqgpUZyWN9bBFkqHzpk5PSkDCGJ2yoYuZzqGfY VKJXwIRV3VCTjEI8byH91GPRvrNCltAEN3229PB3iCtawuORFqzkfsEpPzns8ZKGYliz KEfotAsVkS+tZ1crgQu9N5OHJ7EHF4uwZlLhItprksKqTB2nsiwLIu5pIfnDUcD8Mqhj gWWdmj8jA4q/2mtG5X47fjsnIkqXP65z+pZ46RDzbWMc4zYwEJn9PHA9jR6G1Sf+sJHG DgYSGYacRZtN9N3adkJ6DtlQVoot0rEBZY/7LPsIL98LK/gqFCq3dd1+Ms5Czj/KZPl9 +gWA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=j7rAkSzMrzuXYtx5n/d7ndHHggDpIUxpIhRecqdQLFo=; b=PoSQ6SrqElrHsM4+YNMnYwwHMFquYlAQv9Dj4Ad3yH00uziG2K/Z+TY5Ke8I1PHMSH uaYhCGqHJmDzjWAAzOleRoqfKfTnxYsN++h85Ms811KrLJ8R4G6CxRo4WTprhT1Bxtcl y2PyKZTHz7ZYzZftLhn7TilvS5beDaCKwAaFwSDf4BqAloa7HDLapGWhlww/0jHVqiJi 1cWWMADx//Hm5f3EQIJ8H15bL0kFhRas6djHH5gpl4JqoQuPCIKxufjyVGrdAs28Tx5W BvFTjU4VFuTSOFFcZ2Gn0EhDE0OmRkLTzqe1E6SjjzpETYeP5VQnGmEfhxITIAFPyUFV N8Ng== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWpMS/0jG2OYO1A7qresMN2vjAUw3VRSCtlQenq0sm2qToMwmWX PLXZ3GaJZo7LteCkCzNZMFX+8JZ4hDU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqw9Cn7bst6K2dLh8MDEsNwr9HF8Xnq69PzH5X1vC9qO9Bnj75SD9tAHoUHSq1rsH3x7pcViZg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:854a:: with SMTP id d10mr13197395plo.8.1556480706380; Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.42.20] (157-131-142-64.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.142.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c62sm68816037pfg.33.2019.04.28.12.45.05 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:45:05 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20190428165452.9BB414422F@lignose.oclsc.org> From: Jon Forrest Message-ID: <97e93751-6e2f-a120-2159-0fb0246ad683@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:45:07 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190428165452.9BB414422F@lignose.oclsc.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] A question about ls(1) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 4/28/2019 9:54 AM, Norman Wilson wrote: > Bakul Shah: > > This could've been avoided if there was a convention about > where to store per user per app settings & possibly state. On > one of my Unix machines I have over 200 dotfiles. One of the things I think Windows did right was to have one place where all configuration information is kept. Sure, you can argue about the implementation details, but Windows doesn't have configuration files all over the place. Jon