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From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: How can I hide files?
Message-ID: <B4iNs2w163w@cybrspc>
Date: 15 Nov 90 00:26:46 GMT
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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!  ;-)

Hmmm.... I think it's in the command processor. I run 4dos, and

attrib /d +h dirname

works just fine. (just tried it, to be sure)
--
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main(){float x=1;x=x/50;printf("It's only $%.2f, but it's my $%.2f!\n",x,x);}
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