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James Devenish
<devenish at guild.u To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
wa.edu.au> cc:
Subject: Re: [plug] hidden files
20/08/2003 10:32
AM
Please respond to
plug
>In message <sf4355c3.026 at mmtnetworks.com.au>
>on Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 11:04:20AM +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
>> Is there a way to scan a system for hidden files?
>"Hidden files" sounds like a filesystem-specific feature,
>so you'd want to look at the info for that specific filesystem.
Hmm, should have thought of that before I answered. I just assumed "hidden
files in Linux", and since all "." files remain hidden from a bog-standard
"ls", they could be "hidden".
RichardM