[NTLUG:Discuss] .DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain -> /(my home directory)/.DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_:0

[MadHat]

On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 11:52, Fred James wrote:
> In my home directory, I found this link
> .DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain -> /(my home 
> directory)/.DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_:0
> What is a DCOPserver? And doesn't it seem odd for it to be pointing to 
> itself, or is it?

it is for use with KDE and the backend interprocess communication
(IIRC).  It shouldn't be pointed to itself, but the names will be very
similar.  Usually, it replaces the :0 with _0, where the _0 is the real
file and the :0 is the symlink.

> Does this have anything to do with "ssh"?

no

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