[X-Unix] Hidden files - purpose?

[William H. Magill]

On 20 Jan, 2004, at 14:20, Robert Ameeti wrote:
> I'm having a bit of a problem with my Dreamweaver connecting to MySQL  
> database on my computer. I've just found out that Macromedia is using  
> some 'hidden file' so as to enable a connection for those times when a  
> connection might not otherwise be allowed  
> <http://www.dreamweavermxsupport.com/index.php? 
> type=article&id=85&block=1&pid=60&sid=61>
>
> Is this appropriate? Is there any proper use of a hidden file like  
> this?
>
> To fix my problem, is there any easy way to determine what the name of  
> this hidden file might be?

It is probably simply a "dot" file.

According to the page it is in the root of the webserver:

ls -al /Library/WebServer/Documents
(or wherever you have the web server root defined to be.)

will show you a list of all the files. look for one near the top of the  
listing which begins ".<filename>" -- The files "." and ".." are  
standard Unix directory nomenclature.



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