On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 11:15 +0100, Cannon, Andrew C wrote: > Mark, > > In *nix space, all files that start with a dot are classed as 'hidden' > files. Thus, they won't be normally viewable. It may be possible to > change the view settings in your chosen application, but this probably > changes from application to application. This is in fact merely a convention of the "ls" program, not of the *nix systems themselves. The fact that some other apps have chosen to follow it (including many of the file choosers out there) doesn't alter this. poc PS Please don't top-post on this list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines