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From: tcs@router.jhuapl.edu
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Subject: Re: How can I hide files?
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Date: 14 Nov 90 17:54:16 GMT
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In article <5085@sage.cc.purdue.edu>, rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) writes:
>In article <4007.27401017@cc.helsinki.fi> tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>>    It would be easiest if you'd make a directory (\GAMES?), put
>>    all your games under it and then hide the directory using
>>    ATTR.COM (ATTR +h C:\GAMES).
>
>Whoa!  What DOS are _you_ running?  I wish mine could do that!  ;-)
>
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>| Bob Rusbasan          |  This space unintentionally left blank.    |
>| bob@en.ecn.purdue.edu |                                            |
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It's possible, all you need is something that can hide directories. I use 
Norton's when I need to hide a directory (which I don't have to do very 
often). ATTR from PC Magazine (I think) can hide directories.

Carl Schelin
tcs@router.jhuapl.edu