| | 1 | = Athena Dotfiles = |
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| | 3 | "Dotfiles" is often used as a generic term for any configuration file. Typically these files are in the top level of your home directory, and begin with a dot ('.') as the first character (hence the name), which prevents them from showing up in directory listings unless the `-a` flag is passed to `ls`. |
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| | 5 | In the Athena environment, dotfiles largely refer to some specific dotfiles: |
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| | 7 | * User-customizable dotfiles such as `.bashrc.mine`, `.cshrc,mine`, `.bash_environment`, `.startup.tty`, etc. |
| | 8 | * Stock dotfiles such as the Athena-provided `.cshrc.`, `.bashrc`, `.profile`, etc. |
| | 9 | * System initialization files invoked by the stock dotfiles, which are largely found in /usr/lib/init |
