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Bug 82819 - Macs do not use hidden directories
Summary: Macs do not use hidden directories
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 11434
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@ide
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Reported: 2006-08-16 16:16 UTC by elharo
Modified: 2006-08-22 19:59 UTC (History)
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Description elharo 2006-08-16 16:16:56 UTC 
NetBeans is storing assorted files in a .netbeans directory in the user's home
directory. This is the traditional way to organize preferences in Unix and
Linux, but on the Mac this is wrong.  These files should go in
~/Library/Application Support/NetBeans or maybe in the preferences folder.

One impact: it is not possible to attach messages.log to a bug report such as
this one using a web browser because the Mac won't go into a hidden directory
such as .netbeans from its GUI. I needed to use the terminal to copy the
messages.log file into a visible directory and then upload it from there. 

This also has the potential to confuse various backup tools and utilities that
treat the preferences and Library folders specially.
Comment 1 Milos Kleint 2006-08-17 12:40:20 UTC 
most probably a duplicate of #11434
Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2006-08-22 19:59:22 UTC 

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 11434 ***