Re: hidden files without dot

see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Victor Eijkhout) writes:

> This is weird. I have a couple of directories that are hidden in the
> sense that the Finder doesn't show them. (PathFinder does; they look
> dimmed, just like "dotfiles".)
>
> Their permissions are weird: an "ls -l" shows
> drwxrwxr-w@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 60 Victor /* et cetera */ SomeDirectoryName
>
> I've never seen an at-sign in permissions. And that's not a symbolic
> link: "ls -F" shows them as normal directories.
>
> Does anyone know what I have here?

In HFS, there's a flag to hide items, the 'v' attribute.

[pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ~]$ /Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo .
directory: "/Users/pjb"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 04/12/2008 02:01:58
modified: 09/19/2008 07:46:21

You can change it with /Developer/Tools/SetFile

[pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ~]$ /Developer/Tools/SetFile --help
Invalid Argument --help (null)
Usage: SetFile [option...] file...
    -a attributes     # attributes (lowercase = 0, uppercase = 1)*
    -c creator        # file creator
    -d date           # creation date (mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm[:ss] [AM |
PM]])*
    -m date           # modification date (mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm[:ss] [AM |
PM]])*
	-P				  # perform action on symlink instead of following it
    -t type           # file type

    Note: The following attributes may be used with the -a option:
        A   Alias file
        B   Bundle
        C   Custom icon*
        D   Desktop*
        E   Hidden extension*
        I   Inited*
        M   Shared (can run multiple times)
        N   No INIT resources
        L   Locked
        S   System (name locked)
        T   Stationery
        V   Invisible*
        Z   Busy*

    Note: Items marked with an asterisk (*) are allowed with folders
    Note: Period (.) represents the current date and time.
    Note: [yy]yy < 100 assumes 21st century, e.g. 20yy

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