Yes, by using symbolic and/or hard links. Read up on "ln" versus "ln -s" (ln (1)) and, if you program, on fstat(2), lstat(2), link(2) and unlink(2). Hope this helps'idly, -S Peter Clark wrote: > > I appreciate all the responses to my previous query. However, no one > has answered my original question: is it possible to redirect calls for > dotfiles in my home directory to another directory? I understand that > most of you are fine with millions of dotfiles filling up your home > directory. That's cool. But I would really appreciate the ability to > keep all those files in another directory, so that when I use a > program, I don't have to scroll through miles of hidden directories. > First one that comes to mind is mtv: when I go to open a file, there > are all those hidden directories. In other words, this is not just a > matter of what options get tacked to the end of ls! Not every program > hides them like the Gnome and KDE open file dialog. > So, to recap: is there something that will redirect calls? For > instance, say program foo wants to open up ~/.bar. The call is > intercepted and the call changed to ~/dotfiles/.bar. Sort of like > symbolic links without the actual link. Is this possible? Can some > program run in the background and handle this? That's all I want to > know. > Thanks again, > :Peter >