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From: static@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (geoff c wing)
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Subject: Re: Hidden AmigaDOS files?
Message-ID: <1990Nov20.043257.8551@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>
Date: 20 Nov 90 04:32:57 GMT
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In <18621@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au> colin@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au (Colin Panisset) writes:

>inb300campbe@qut.edu.au writes:

>-Does anybody know how to make files invisible in AmigaDOS?
>-I have seen hidden directories created on a floppy which you can CD into but
>-don't show up in a DIR listing, but is it possible under FFS?  HOW?

>  Roight. This has happened to me. At least once. I'm annoyed, coz the standard
>dox provided by Commodore (what little there is), mention it not at all. I
>have one dir on my HD (A Quantum Prodrive 40Mb, with Trumpcard), under FFS,
>and it's NOT THERE under any dir listing. From ANY application/shell/cli/
>whatever. I can CD into it, or get into it by specifically naming it in the
>file requester. Oh, I'm using 1.3.2 by the way.

>  Can anyone give me an idea of what the hell is going on? I dont remember
>setting any hidden bit on the dir, and nothing I've tried (protect, etc) has
>had any effect. 

>  All this guff about it not being implemented.... I wonder, sometimes.
>-  -- David Campbell

OK, OK, I posted an answer to this a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps it didn't get
very far? It has to do with deliberately putting useless(& zero length) files 
with a bad hash in the list; hopefully with a small hash number. Of course, you
can do it with non-zero length files but to what ends, since you'll not be able
to access the file again without rehashing it. Now, if you want a better 
description try searching for my last post. Because, if you don't work out how
to do it on your own then you should forget about it.
Coder motto: Lamers get lost.

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