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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dot file</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="DoS-attack.html" title="DoS attack"/><link rel="next" href="double-bucky.html" title="double bucky"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dot file</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="DoS-attack.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="double-bucky.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dot-file"/><dt xmlns="" id="dot-file"><b>dot file</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A file that is not visible by default to normal directory-browsing
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tools (on Unix, files named with a leading dot are, by convention, not
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normally presented in directory listings). Many programs define one or
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more dot files in which startup or configuration information may be
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optionally recorded; a user can customize the program's behavior by
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creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory.
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(Therefore, dot files tend to <a href="../C/creep.html"><i class="glossterm">creep</i></a> — with
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every nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home
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directory can be filled with scores of dot files, of course without the
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user's really being aware of it.) See also <a href="../P/profile.html"><i class="glossterm">profile</i></a>
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(sense 1), <a href="../R/rc-file.html"><i class="glossterm">rc file</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="DoS-attack.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="double-bucky.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DoS attack </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> double bucky</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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