bahmanm@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoMy fellow software engineer, It's the year 2024...mastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkMy fellow software engineer, It's the year 2024...mastodon.socialbahmanm@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-23 months agoWhere did i read this… basically, the .file being hidden being a bug in the early unix filesystem, which got misused to hide configuration files. Offenders despite XDG-variables set and with no workaround: .android: hardcoded in adb and i guess something in mtp too .pki: some tool/library Firefox and Chromium sometimes use. .steam: yes, that Btw, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory
Where did i read this… basically, the .file being hidden being a bug in the early unix filesystem, which got misused to hide configuration files.
Offenders despite XDG-variables set and with no workaround:
Btw, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory