There is no special 'hide' property for files or directories in Linux filesystem. Therefore, the filesystem will always report to application every file in the directory. However, files could be hidden at the application level, so the file will be known to application but will not be reported to the user by that application nor included in the selections by file name masks. By convention, almost every application will consider as hidden (and will not report to user nor otherwise select) every file (or directory) with the name beginning with '.' (dot). Alexey Fadyushin. Brainbench MVP for Linux. http://www.brainbench.com > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Subi Bhasker > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:45 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: to hide file > > > Can we hide a file in linux > Subi Bhasker > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
