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From: madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Hidden Subdirectories
Message-ID: <724@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Feb-87 23:14:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  5 23:14:10 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 17:10:50 EST
References: <568@pbhyc.UUCP> <260@skatter.UUCP>
Reply-To: madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost)
Organization: ODO (Organization for the Disorganization of Organization)
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In article <260@skatter.UUCP> kuo@skatter.UUCP (Dr. Peter Kuo) 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 think I may be asking a lot but hopefully it can be done.
>
>You can hide a directory no problem. As long as you don't forget the
>name (and read-protect it) you can access it.

Hiding directories is accomplished in exactly the same manner as hiding
files, from a dos standpoint.  You call the dos chmod command (I can never
remember the silly function call numbers, so check your tech ref).  Tell
it to chmod the file and give it "hidden" or "system" attributes.  If the
"file" turns out to be a directory, dos still doesn't care.  As for forgetting
the name, it is trivial to tell the find first/find next functions that
dos provides to look for hidden/system files.  In fact, the only directory
printing program I have made displays EVERY file, whether it's hidden or
not.  It works much like UNIX's ls -al would (showing the file attributes).
Since it's so easy to find a "hidden" file, I wouldn't worry about forgetting
the name.

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