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

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?)
Date 2021-05-07 06:30 +0200
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On Thu 06 May 2021 at 10:46:03 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 02:37:17PM +0000, davidson wrote:
> > > $ shopt -s globstar
> > > $ ls /etc/**/.[^.]*
> > 
> > It now occurs to me that this still omits files like /etc/.a and
> > /etc/..metadotfile
> 
> It doesn't omit .a .  The * is allowed to match the empty string.
> 
> > Instead,
> > 
> >  $ ls /etc/**/.{.?,[^.]}*
> > 
> > does what I intend, which is to display all dotfiles under /etc. Seems
> > unduly complicated if you ask me, but it is what it is.
> 
> find /etc -type f -name '.*'

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
# 

(I removed the node#, usage, #links and ownership for brevity.)

I have no argument with /etc/skel/ and the placeholders, obviously.
/etc/.etckeeper is a script for creating directories and resetting
ownerships/permissions in /etc/, and /etc/.gitignore is a list of
filename patterns that etckeeper is configured not to track.

Turning to the dot-directories with:

  # ls -GlgAR /etc/\.[^\.]*/   (pruned and attached)

/etc/.git/ certainly contains configuration files as well as the
repository itself. I know nothing about java, and how /etc/.java
relates to /etc/java/.

Most of this stuff is protected from reading, but I don't see the
point in "hiding" them with dots.

Cheers,
David.

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repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 08:20 +0200
  Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-05-04 10:10 +0200
    Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 10:20 +0200
    Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 11:20 +0200
      Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 00:50 +0200
      Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2021-05-05 03:10 +0200
        Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 03:20 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 03:40 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 04:40 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 04:40 +0200
            Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 04:50 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 05:10 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 05:20 +0200
            Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 13:30 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 16:00 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-05-08 09:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-09 05:10 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 17:40 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 18:00 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 18:10 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 21:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-06 05:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-05-06 04:50 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-06 16:00 +0200
                OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock  ?) davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-06 16:40 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-07 06:30 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-07 09:40 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-05-07 10:50 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-07 11:20 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-09 06:20 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-09 12:00 +0200

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