Rationale behind naming "dot d" (.d) directories

[William Davis]

On Apr 22, 2009, at 11:09 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> Does anyone know the history behind the ".d" naming convention on  
> some directories?
>
> For example, /etc/rc.d or ${prefix}/etc/bash_completion.d. I seem to  
> understand how these directories are used, but what does the ".d"  
> mean?


simplistic answer:  .d == directory
;)

William Davis
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