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From: rob@b15.INGR.COM (Rob Lemley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: dot files
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Date: 29 Nov 90 16:28:54 GMT
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In <1990Nov16.141503.5567@ssd.kodak.com> weimer@ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer) writes:

>In article <6270@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s887212@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.

Rob Lemley