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From: iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hidden Subdirectories
Message-ID: <40@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 04:16:21 EST
Article-I.D.: ritcv.40
Posted: Tue Jan 20 04:16:21 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Jan-87 22:43:22 EST
References: <568@pbhyc.UUCP> <14366@amdcad.UUCP>
Reply-To: iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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[Etched along the walls of the CD's groove, the words "EAT HOT LASER DEATH!"]

In article <14366@amdcad.UUCP> philip@amdcad.UUCP (Philip Freidin) writes:
>In article <568@pbhyc.UUCP> jdf@pbhyc.UUCP (Jack Fine) writes:
>>
>>Got a question.  Can I make a subdirectory hidden like a hidden file?  And
>>if so, can I then access it like a normal subdirectory?  If all this can be
>>done, how?
>>
>I've seen this done, but it was with a sub-directory name of non-displayable
>characters.  There exists a PD package of programs that ar called:
>	MDSKRT		make directory secret
>	CDSKRT		change directory secret
>	RDSKRT		remove directory secret


   Plug for PD-software... 

   Simply use CHMOD by Gene Cohler (as posted to this newsgroup earlier).

   CHMOD will allow you set EVERY attribute bit on a directory or regular
   file.  You can set the 'h'idden, 's'ystem, 'a'rchive, 'r'ead-only bit.
   Setting the 'r'ead-only bit, however, doesn't make a 'read-only'
   directory which would be very desirable.  This is a limitation of DOS
   rather than CHMOD.  It seems DOS only checks the attribute of the file
   you're about to delete rather than any attributes set for the parent
   directory.  So, just change all the files in the sub-directory with:
   CHMOD +r *.* .  Simple enough!

   Now, once these files and subdirectories are hidden, all programs like
   DPATH, SEARCH, and other such beasts can find the all of the files and
   subdirectories with no problem.  I've 'uncluttered' my 10mb disk's root
   directory and it drives clients buggy that they can't 'see any files on
   on the disk!'  Using 1-Dir or other superdirectory programs makes the
   files and directories easily visible.  I set one of the directories
   will every attribute A,D,S,H,R.  Different!  Only draw back is, of course,
   you can't modify the 'd'irectory bit.

   Highly recommended...

   Please contact the author.  The CHMOD programs comes with MSC V4.0 source,
   .EXE, and .DOC file.

   The author:
       Gene Cohler
       Newman Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
       cohler@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
       jbvy@cornella.bitnet


   Enjoy,
   Alan

   "Remember to always keep an open mind.  But,
   not so open so that your brains fall out!"
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