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On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 04:52 +0000, Nik N wrote:<BR>
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On 8/12/08, Derek McGowan <<A HREF="mailto:deniment@rogers.com">deniment@rogers.com</A>> wrote:
> in your home directory, there is a hidden directory called .wine - look
> there
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Why, oh why does it have to be a hidden directory?
Hidden from who, and for what purpose?
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It's to stop polluting my home folder with stuff that I'm not interested in. It's common to put config files and stuff into hidden files & folders.<BR>
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Is there any way (short of re-compiling wine) to change that and make
it a normal directory called simply "wine"?
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How about:<BR>
ln -s .wine wine<BR>
... from your home folder?<BR>
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