code: private static String removeStartingDots(String fileName) {
          // machte unter OS X/Linux Probleme, zB. bei dem Titel: "....Paula"
          while (!fileName.isEmpty() && (fileName.startsWith("."))) {
              fileName = fileName.substring(1, fileName.length());
          }
          return fileName;
      }
docs: Remove dots from string when we are on Linux/OS X
  
  @param fileName A filename string that might start with dots.
  @return Cleanup string with no dots anymore.