Appendix A
Hidden Directories
This appendix describes the hidden directories that the Oracle Solaris Desktop system adds
to the home directories of users.
Hidden directories are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of
a utility. Hidden directory names begin with a period (.). The following table
describes hidden directories that the Oracle Solaris Desktop system adds to the home directories
of users.
Table A-1 Hidden Directories in User Home Directories
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.config |
Contains user configuration information. The .config directory is the default location for
the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable if the variable is not set. User-defined menus can be
created at menus/applications.menu. |
.fonts |
Contains fonts specific for a particular user. |
.esd_auth |
Contains the authentication
cookie for the sound daemon. The sound daemon is the Enlightened Sound Daemon
(ESD).
Note - This is a file, not a directory.
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.gconf |
Contains the GConf configuration source for
the user. When the user sets a preference, the new preference information is
added to this location. |
.gconfd |
Contains the following GConf daemon details:
Configuration information Lock information for objects that are referenced by an Interoperable Object Reference (IOR) State information for objects that are referenced by an IOR
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.gnome2 |
Contains user-specific application data that
is not stored in the GConf repository. For example, this directory contains the
following:
Keyboard shortcut information Window location information Desktop entry files for panel launchers
This directory can also contain subdirectories that store application-specific data. |
.local/share |
Specifies the default location
for the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable if the value is not set. User-defined desktop
entries can be created in the applications subdirectory. User-defined MIME types can be created
in the mime/packages/Overrides.xml file. |
.nautilus |
Contains file manager data that is specific to the
user. For example, this directory can contain the following information:
Metadata for the directories with which the user works Nautilus emblems that the user adds Nautilus desktop background images
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.themes |
Contains the controls theme
options, window border theme options, and icons theme options that the user adds.
The user can add themes from the Theme preference tool. |
.thumbnails |
Contains image thumbnails for
the user. Image thumbnails are used in the file manager. The file manager
contains a preference that the user can select to stop the generation of
thumbnail images. |
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