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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Invisible Folders
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Date: 3 Oct 88 16:03:00 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Oct  3 11:03:00 1988


Each file in the O/S has about half a dozen special bits that can be
set to make it behave in unique ways.  There are invisible, locked,
read-only, ... and many more.  You can inspect and change these bits
in ResEdit.  Select a file or folder, and then go the menues and click
on "File Info" or something like that.

Here at the U of I, lab machines are set up with the important files &
directories LOCKED and/or INVISIBLE.  Thus, most students cannot
damage the hard disk configuration.  This is extremely useful.


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu   UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies