[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

dot file unix n. a file that is not visible by default to normal
   directory-browsing tools on unix, files named with a leading dot are,
   by convention, not normally presented in directory listings. many
   programs define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration
   information may be optionally recorded; a user can customize the
   program's behavior by creating the appropriate file in the current or
   home directory. therefore, dot files tend to creep -- with every
   nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home
   directory can be filled with scores of dot files, of course without the
   user's really being aware of it. see also profile sense 1, rc
   file.


see also:
creep profile rc file 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

dot file
     
         a unix application program
        configuration file.  on unix, files named with a leading dot
        are not normally shown in directory listings.  many programs
        define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration
        information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise
        the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in
        the current or home directory.
     
        dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial
        application program defining at least one, a user's home
        directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the
        user really being aware of it.  common examples are .profile,
        .cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan,
        .rhosts, .sig, .xsession.
     
        see also profile, rc file.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-07
     
     
see also:
unix application program home directory profile rc file jargon file 

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