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- From: l154508@proffa.cc.tut.fi (Lindqvist Marko)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Hidden files
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 17:48:26 GMT
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- : As far as I know there is no way to hide files using the
- : standard attributes AmigaDOS uses. I suspect the demos
- : you are refering to infact store the data they require
- : directly onto the disk without using the normal AmigaDOS
- : file system. The demo program itself has to know exactly
- : where on the disk everything is stored, because AmigaDOS
- : can no longer find anything for itself.
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- If this is correct, what happens when you save new files to that disk?
- Probably AmigaDOS thinks there is free space and saves over hidden
- files...
- And if this is correct, then hidden files seem to be just like deleted
- files...
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