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 7 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.
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.fonts
| Contains fonts specific for a particular user.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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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