What does the period indicate exactly?

[OUCaptain]

There's a folder in the home directory ".name" that doesn't show up. I have to type the name in the location bar to get to it. I'm assuming it means hidden but is that all it indicates.

Ultimately, I want to get it unhidden. Just wondering the period has anything to do with it before I get to screwin with it.

<---- Linux n00b

 

[xSauronx]

yes, indeed, a period in front of a folder name denotes that it should generally be hidden

usually if its in the /home/$USER folder, its used for configuration data for something.
you should be able to change your view options in your file manager to show the hidden files.

 

[OUCaptain]

Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[silverpig]

Also, if you don't want to see all your hidden folders (there are a lot in /home/$USER/), you can make a visible symbolic link to that folder only.