UNIX "dot" files

[Wm E Davidsen Jr]

  Files with a dot as the first character are not display by default
using ls. That keeps them from cluttering the listings. There is nothing
else magic about the dot, and you can use it to keep files out of your
way.

  ls will display these files with the -a option, which is set by
default for root on many systems.

-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen at crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon