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		otterley on Feb 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dotfile madness A 300MB file isn't a preferences file, though.

SmirkingRevenge on Feb 2, 2019 [–]

Apps use dotfiles or dotdirs for caching data. Think browser caches. That's the point of the standard... All the non essential caching data lives in one place and so is easy to prune when needed.

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