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- From: fish@csc.liv.ac.uk (S.E. Morris)
- Subject: Re: Hidden files
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- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:37:46 GMT
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- In article <4fqerr$m2c@thorn.cc.usm.edu>,
- rbanksto@whale.st.usm.edu (Robert Ofarrell Bankston) writes:
- >
- >Do any of you know of a good way to hide files? I've seen several demos
- >where 95% of all files are hidden and they are invisible to dir, delete,
- >etc. Any suggestions? Thanks.
- >Robert
- >rbanksto@whale.st.usm.edu
- >
-
- If they are hidden, how do you know they exist???
-
- 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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