> There is no "leading dot" convention in Plan 9. > That's in BSD-derived UNIX, and it's the result of an simplified hack in > ls, which was fixed in Seventh Edition. > If you can open it, it's obviously not "hidden": it's just inconvenient to > use with grep *.
I was hoping to put that issue to sleep, it is just one of many idiocies that have caught the imagination of those who ultimately make a difference. Like including upper case in the alphabet. 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 :-) Lucio.
