On Mon, 22 May 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Shadi Fazelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000522 02:31] wrote:
> > Hello.
> > please guide me:
> > 1- how I can see a hidden file (not dot file) and how
> > I can hidden a file ?
> >  my mean: I want make a file that ls -al can't see it.
> 
> impossible(*) afaik.

dscheidt@shell-2 ~ 536$ ls -al | grep .snapshot
dscheidt@shell-2 ~ 537$ ls -al .snapshot
total 60
drwxrwxrwx   2 root      wheel   4096 May 22 15:01 .
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 22 15:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 22 14:58 hourly.0
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 22 13:52 hourly.1
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 22 13:00 hourly.2
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 22 10:52 hourly.3
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 19 16:34 nightly.0
drwxr-xr-x  15 dscheidt  dialin  8192 May 19 16:34 nightly.1
dscheidt@shell-2 ~ 538$ 

doesn't count then?  This is a directory NFS-mounted from a NetApp.  The
.snapshot directory is a lifesaver, and support cost cutter.

David Scheidt



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