[GRLUG] Mac & ??: reverse-URL file and directory names

[Ben Rousch]

They are usually Java packages
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/namingpkgs.html

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Eric Beversluis
<ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> I've come across this occasionally and see it on my Mac--eg, under
> Library/Cache: directory and file names that look like reverse urls:
>
> com.barebones.textwrangler
> or
> com.adobe.ARM
>
> I'm not even clear how I would Google for an explanation of when and how
> and why this naming convention is used. E.g., if we're naming files on a
> computer with no internet connection, why start with 'com'? etc.
>
> Thanks.
> EB
>
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