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From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: dot files
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Date: 1 Dec 90 20:35:49 GMT
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rob@b15.INGR.COM (Rob Lemley) writes:

>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.

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

jon hamilton


>Rob Lemley