chris.umcp-cs@UDel-Relay@sri-unix (10/22/82)
From: Chris Torek <chris.umcp-cs@UDel-Relay> Date: 19 Oct 82 05:41:00 EDT (Tue) What's all the fuss? If you want all your .files to show use alias ls 'ls -A' (cap-A means all but . and ..). Putting them in a "dotfiles" directory is just hiding them, which is done by the dot! It somehow seems the same to me. (Actually, I couldn't care less where the files went. I think maybe the reason no one uses a directory is because you have to be priveleged to actually create one (via "mknod") without using fork() and exec(). Any uid can create a file.) - Chris