Hidden files

Ari Torhamo ari.torhamo at luukku.com
Sat Nov 13 16:12:37 UTC 2004


su, 2004-11-14 kello 01:13 +1300, Mike kirjoitti:
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:42:29 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> 
> >> Is it possible ?
> > not only possible, its very easy in fact ! create a file called .hidden
> > (notice the dot in front) in a directory where you want to hide files.
> > then add the names of the files you dont want to see to this file....
> > 
> > from now on nautilus will ignore the files listed in .hidden for this
> > directory
> > 
> > ciao
> > 	oli
> 
> Brilliant Oli..... works a treat :)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 

Erm... if I hide files this way, can programmes which use those files
still find them as normal? (my guess is that they can, but I could guess
wrong). What about folders, can I hide them too this way?

Joe Sixpack, alias Ari Torhamo





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