Hidden files

Mike mike at fissh.net
Mon Nov 15 02:49:48 UTC 2004


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:57:23 +1100, Rob Weir wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:12:37PM +0200, Ari Torhamo said
>> 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).
> 
> No, the filename is different, so they will not find the file.
> 
> -rob

Well actually you are not changing the filename or touching the original
file in anyway, so yes they will find them... or at least in my case
that tip from Oli works perfectly.

Mike






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