• Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> Mar 01 2011
• "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> Mar 01 2011
• Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> Mar 01 2011
• "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> Mar 01 2011
• Bekenn <leaveme alone.com> Mar 01 2011
• "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> Mar 01 2011
• Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> Mar 01 2011

Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:

Daniel Gibson Wrote:

 .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
 The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden 
 file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't 


I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so happens
to have the convention of not being shown. Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.

But I agree that is the name of the file and not the extension. I'm not sure if
it matters how the library actually deals with it. What scares me is calling
getName on it would return:

assert("/home/user/.bashrc" == "/home/user/");

How am I supposed to interpret that, it is a directory, what happens when I
call getName again?

I think the behavior for getName is different in Linux then in Windows. And in
Windows I have added extensions to a file so a could get the file name (use
getBaseName or whatever it is called, with getName.)

So I agree with every thing Nick has said.

 list them (ls -a does, though) and most file browsers only list them 
 when you select something like "show hidden files" or "show dot files".
 
 Cheers,
 - Daniel

"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:

"Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1 digitalmars.com...
 Daniel Gibson Wrote:

 .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
 The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden
 file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't


 I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so 
 happens to have the convention of not being shown.


That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else could 
"not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view?

 Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.


That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has some 
files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being shown". 
Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck typing, but if it 
walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a duck...it 
certainly ain't no elephant.

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> wrote in message
 news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1 digitalmars.com...
 
 Daniel Gibson Wrote:
 .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
 The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden
 file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't


 I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so
 happens to have the convention of not being shown.


 That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else could
 "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view?
 
 Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.


 That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has
 some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being
 shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck typing,
 but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a
 duck...it certainly ain't no elephant.


No. It's a cat. :)

- Jonathan M Davis


P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...

"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:

"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2104.1299019810.4748.digitalmars-d puremagic.com...
 On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> wrote in message
 news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1 digitalmars.com...

 Daniel Gibson Wrote:
 .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
 The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden
 file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't


 I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so
 happens to have the convention of not being shown.


 That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else 
 could
 "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view?

 Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.


 That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has
 some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being
 shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck 
 typing,
 but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a
 duck...it certainly ain't no elephant.


 No. It's a cat. :)

 - Jonathan M Davis


 P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...


OMG, I completely forgot about the whole cat thing in Babylon 5 (I assume 
you mean Babylon 5). It's been far too long. Actually, I still haven't 
gotten any further then about halfway through season 4. I really need to 
finish that sometime.

Wait, are you sure that wasn't Andromeda?

Bekenn <leaveme alone.com> writes:

On 3/1/11 2:56 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jonathan M Davis"<jmdavisProg gmx.com>  wrote in message
 No. It's a cat. :)

 - Jonathan M Davis


 P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...


 OMG, I completely forgot about the whole cat thing in Babylon 5 (I assume
 you mean Babylon 5). It's been far too long. Actually, I still haven't
 gotten any further then about halfway through season 4. I really need to
 finish that sometime.

 Wait, are you sure that wasn't Andromeda?


Definitely Babylon 5.  Brilliant show, despite some unfortunate dialogue 
here and there (of which "being nibbled to death by cats" is *not* an 
example).

"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:

"Bekenn" <leaveme alone.com> wrote in message 
news:ikk0ko$a2u$1 digitalmars.com...
 On 3/1/11 2:56 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jonathan M Davis"<jmdavisProg gmx.com>  wrote in message
 No. It's a cat. :)

 - Jonathan M Davis


 P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...


 OMG, I completely forgot about the whole cat thing in Babylon 5 (I assume
 you mean Babylon 5). It's been far too long. Actually, I still haven't
 gotten any further then about halfway through season 4. I really need to
 finish that sometime.

 Wait, are you sure that wasn't Andromeda?


 Definitely Babylon 5.  Brilliant show, despite some unfortunate dialogue 
 here and there (of which "being nibbled to death by cats" is *not* an 
 example).


Oh, geez, I had *really* forgotten about that, I even had to google it and 
watch a clip before I finally remembered. What I was thinking of was on some 
other scifi show (I think Andromeda) there's a thing about cats being 
extinct, but every once in a while one will just appear on the ship anyway 
(which obviously has no connection to ducks, though).

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:56:20 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote in message
 news:mailman.2104.1299019810.4748.digitalmars-d puremagic.com...
 
 On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
 "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> wrote in message
 news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1 digitalmars.com...
 
 Daniel Gibson Wrote:
 .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
 The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden
 file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't


 I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just
 so happens to have the convention of not being shown.


 That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else
 could
 "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view?
 
 Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.


 That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has
 some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being
 shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck
 typing,
 but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a
 duck...it certainly ain't no elephant.


 No. It's a cat. :)
 
 - Jonathan M Davis
 
 
 P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...


 OMG, I completely forgot about the whole cat thing in Babylon 5 (I assume
 you mean Babylon 5). It's been far too long. Actually, I still haven't
 gotten any further then about halfway through season 4. I really need to
 finish that sometime.
 
 Wait, are you sure that wasn't Andromeda?


No. It was Babylon 5. Londo couldn't remember the word for duck and described 
the animal to Vir. And Vir thought that the animal was called a cat (and Londo 
agreed with him). So, instead of talking about being nibbled to death by ducks, 
Londo says that it's like being nibbled to death by cats...

- Jonathan M Davis