My system has 132 directories whose names end in .d
There are also two scripts whose names end in .d
Aside from the two wayward scripts ('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/update-rc.d'), I assume that .d means directory... (but I do wonder why those scripts are so named).
In some cases, the .d directory's parent folder contains a file of the same name, but without the .d ending.
# eg.
/etc/apt/sources.list.d
/etc/apt/sources.list
Is there some mystical Linux rationale to this naming style?
Is it a deeply entrenched naming convention, or is it about as absolute as 'foo' and 'bar'?