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- From: vanepp@fraser.sfu.ca (Peter Van Epp)
- Subject: Re: hidden directories
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Aug28.130413.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:06:34 GMT
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- mccalld@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
-
- >Greetings:
- > There are several pub domain pgms which allow the making of hidden
- >directories for MS-DOS and DOS ......does such a thing exist for the
- >vinilla UNIX world???
- >mccalld@sonoma.edu
-
- Not in quite the same way, but one we have seen some of the less authorized
- around here use is the vt100 escape sequence for erase line as a directory
- name so that the directory doesn't show up in a normal ls command. The
- command ls -l | cat -vet will however convert the control characters to
- printable characters and show you all the directories that are present.
-
- Peter Van Epp / Operations and Technical Support
- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
-