Definitions

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  • noun computing, Unix A file or directory whose name begins with a dot (period or full stop), typically hidden from view.

Etymologies

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dot +‎ file

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Examples

  • If an application I install decides to dump a large cache inside a dotfile in my home directory, my backups suddenly start ballooning.

    Snell-Pym » Backups and Archives 2008

  • It would be really nice if you would use the XDG Base Directory Specification1 instead of yet another dotfile directly in $HOME… the specification is getting more and more common as it gets adopted by more and more applications and distros.

    Miriam Ruiz 2007

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Debian Linux Security Advisory 2085-1 - It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

    Hack In The Box 2010

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