Posts: Menu2wm

A tour of directories as system-wide databases

In the previous post, we saw how .d directories permit programmatic edits to system-wide configuration with ease. But this same concept can be applied to other kinds of tracking. Let’s dive into a few examples ranging from desktop menu entries to the package manager’s database itself.

August 21, 2020 · Tags: <a href="/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="/tags/menu2wm">menu2wm</a>, <a href="/tags/netbsd">netbsd</a>, <a href="/tags/unix">unix</a>
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