On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "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.
No. It's a cat. :) - Jonathan M Davis P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...
