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From: sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Simon Raybould)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Hidden AmigaDos files again
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Date: 21 Nov 90 12:43:47 GMT
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In article <1271@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> glin@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (George Lin [900116]) writes:
>Some hidden AmigaDOS files are actually saved as spaces.
>Ex.- copy "    " to ram:

That's no good at all, not at all hidden, list would show it as being present.

I too have seen disks where list, dir, e.t.c. show any empty directory but
the stuff is definatly there, how does it work ?

SJR



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