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Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?)



On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 11:21:14PM -0500, David Wright wrote:

[...]

> Well, here are the files on my system:
> 
> #  find /etc -type f -name '.*' -ls | sort -k 11
>  -rwx------ 84357 May  6 08:25 /etc/.etckeeper
>  -rw-------   932 Apr  3  2020 /etc/.gitignore
>  -rw-r--r--     0 Apr  3  2020 /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.system.lock
>  -rw-r--r--     0 Apr  3  2020 /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.systemRootModFile
>  -rw-------     0 Apr  3  2020 /etc/.pwd.lock
>  -rw-r--r--   102 Jun 23  2019 /etc/cron.d/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--   102 Jun 23  2019 /etc/cron.daily/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--   102 Jun 23  2019 /etc/cron.hourly/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--   102 Jun 23  2019 /etc/cron.monthly/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--   102 Jun 23  2019 /etc/cron.weekly/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--     0 Dec 19  2018 /etc/sensors.d/.placeholder
>  -rw-r--r--   220 Apr 17  2019 /etc/skel/.bash_logout
>  -rw-r--r--  3526 Apr 17  2019 /etc/skel/.bashrc
>  -rw-r--r--   807 Apr 17  2019 /etc/skel/.profile
> # 

Nice stats :)

So those are 14 things.

 - 8 of them I'd attribute to etckeeper (the .placeholder ones,
   because git never grokked empty directories)
 - 3 are just part of a directory template (skel)
 - 2 (well, it's actuall a fractal, as usual in that culture)
   are "some Java stuff"
 - 1 I don't understand (who is .pwd.lock and what is she
   doing in my /etc? [1]).

Cheers

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskreddit/comments/7mq5f9/who_is_general_failure_and_why_is_he_reading_my/

 - t

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