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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: [Patch] hidden files/dirs and dotfilesRe: [Patch] hidden files/dirs and dotfiles
From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:11:43 +0200 Bill Napier wrote: > 1. Has an option to ignore any file/dir that has a "." as the first > character in the filename. This can come in handy with the above > feature to hide "hidden" files. Can also come in handy if you have no > easy way to set the "hidden" bit on a file (ie. you're doing stuff > from the command line or from a UNIX OS and can't set those attributes > on a file). Just give it a name starting with "." and it won't be > shown in the list (unless you want it to). Nice feature, it will be merged. > 2. Has an option to show any file/dir that has the "hidden" attribute > set to show up with a "." in front of thier name (as if you mapped a > FAT filesystem into an UNIX environment). This feature is very confusing for (the majority of) windows users, who don't know what dot files are and just expect their dirs/files to be hidden or not. In general, I do not like the software changing data. > Things I had to change to get this working: > 1. Had to remove the mp3filter option's check for the hidden > attribute. Was this an unadvertised feature? Yes. :-) This feature will now be turned on/off with the same flag as your feature 1: "Show hidden files". Thanks for the patch! -- BjörnReceived on 2002-08-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |