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Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1



paddy wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > >  5)==
> > > 
> > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's
> > > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If
> > > an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be
> > > placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a "dot
> > > directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with the '.'
> > > character. 
> > > 
> > > 	I have no idea if we comply, but this is a new requirement.
> > 
> > I think we do. This is common sense anyway, most applications I've seen
> > do it that way.
> 
> what about ~/Desktop and friends?

I don't know if Desktop falls under the heading of being a configuration
file or directorty. Not that I much like that directory, but like
Maildir, it seems out of the scope of this FHS requirement.

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