--- James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Would it make sense to place a 'var/' in every user > account? > The use of dot notation to hide application specific > files and > directories is silly. If the reason is to hide > those files from > standard 'ls' calls, then putting the files in a var > directory is just > as effective. The advantage of a directory is that > application files > would be easier to browse and manage, etc. Dealing > with hidden files is > a pain. > > Actually, is there ever a reason to use hidden > files? Isn't it always > better to put the files in a directory and give the > directory the > appropriate permissions?
> PS. Hurd is getting this posting because Hurd > doesn't have 30 years of > tradition to break :) > > Thanks, > James Bergstra > Don't you mean etc, so each user would have his/her own ~/etc directory. I like this idea since a user/administrator could just symlink their etc to /etc to use the system wide ones by default. ===== Here is ME to save the day -- Mighty Mouse voice http://phython.dyndns.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
