"Jesse Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Daniel Gibson Wrote: > >> .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either. >> The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden >> file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't > > I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so > happens to have the convention of not being shown. >
That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else could "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view? > Linux doesn't have "hidden" files. That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck typing, but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a duck...it certainly ain't no elephant.
