Re: hidden files without dot

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <1inhl4z.1eebjx01g1nfhN%see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Victor Eijkhout) wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
>      man ls
> 
> Look for the @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 character.  Then search the man page for "extended".  ; )

Thanks. I didn't know about extended flags. I was able to clear the
"hidden" flag with "chflags".

Victor.


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Victor Eijkhout -- eijkhout at tacc utexas edu