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- From: fish@csc.liv.ac.uk (S.E. Morris)
- Subject: Re: Hidden files
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- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 11:18:42 GMT
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- In article <1498.6623T1354T2570@epma.demon.co.uk>,
- andy@epma.demon.co.uk (andy) writes:
- >
- > ROB>> Do any of you know of a good way to hide files? I've seen sever
- > ROB>> where 95% of all files are hidden and they are invisible to dir,
- > ROB>> etc. Any suggestions? Thanks.
- > ROB>> Robert
- > ROB>> rbanksto@whale.st.usm.edu
- >>I don't know about hidden, but I just had a weird set to with AmFTP's
- >>"show" function. I was checking some .txt files I had placed and the
- >>download placed a leading period in the scratch name. The viewer then could
- >>not load it, viewer=multiview. However I could see the files and read them
- >>with my directory utility. Now I just hope nobody else thinks the files are
- >>blank since they really aren't!
- >
- >>Just my $.02 US worth.
-
- A leading period in a filename indicates that a file is hidden
- in UNIX. As FTP uas originally a UNIX utitlity (I think!) then
- it follows that AmFTP may follow the UNIX filename convensions,
- and thus made the files hidden.
-
- Just *my* 2 cents worth :->
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