home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!Celestial.COM!ray
- From: ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones)
- Subject: Re: DOT FILES: WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 01:12:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.011202.10432@Celestial.COM>
- References: <ratner.723317404@ficus.cs.ucla.edu> <1992Dec7.053308.18381@unislc.uucp>
- Lines: 33
-
- In <1992Dec7.053308.18381@unislc.uucp> thayne@unislc.uucp (Thayne Forbes) writes:
-
- >Dave Van Damme Ratner (ratner@ficus.cs.ucla.edu) wrote:
- >: aet@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (bert thompson) writes:
- >:
- >: >i'd like to get a comprehensive list of what all those
- >: >Unix dot files mean. so could someone please give explanations
- >: >of the use of the following dot files and add any more that
- >: >might exist. (yes, i know there are LOTS of them.)
- >: [ list deleted for obvious reasons ]
- >: Look I think its a waste of bandwidth and time to explain what EACH INDIVIDUAL
- >: .whatever file is for. There are millions of applications, each one creating
- >: or using one. If you have specific questions about a given .whatever file,
- >: fine.
- >: *** *** *** * * | "Wham Bam, thank you Van Damme!"
-
- >In fact, why don't we get a comprehensive list of all the questions asked
- >by students every fall, and figure out a way to mass mail them to every
- >user at the school. I'm sorry if bert is not just a naive student asking
- >Yet Another Dumb Question, but I AM tired of hearing these questions twice
- >a year. Herewith is my short list of overasked student questions.
-
- That is what the FAQ list if for, however, I thought this is where people
- asked questions about UNIX. With flames like the above, the new user feels
- stupid (and maybe some are) and will never ask another question. Lay Off!
-
- You new guys and gals -- go ahead and ask the questions and ignore the
- flames.
- --
- INTERNET: ray@Celestial.COM Ray A. Jones; Celestial Software
- UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!ray 6641 East Mercer Way
- uunet!camco!ray Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591
- The probability of one or more spelling errors in this missive approaches
-