Linux and Apache suffix a bunch of files and folders with d or .d.
init.d
rc.d
/etc/httpd/conf.d
/etc/httpd/vhost.d
What is the meaning of this convention?
Linux and Apache suffix a bunch of files and folders with d or .d
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Linux and Apache suffix a bunch of files and folders with d or .d.
init.d
rc.d
/etc/httpd/conf.d
/etc/httpd/vhost.d
What is the meaning of this convention?
It means simply “directory” and commonly indicates that either a single file, or a directory full of them is acceptable for configuration.
(In the case of
rc.d, that replaces the old-style Unix/etc/rcscript which is no longer used on Linux.)