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Subject:	Re: Changing Windows "hidden" and "system" attributes?
Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:47:32 +0100
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* Lloyd Zusman (Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:31:39 +0000 (UTC))
> Aside from using "cmd /c attrib", is there a way in cygwin for me to
> change the Windows "hidden" or "system" attributes of a file?

Yes, "attrib" (without the "cmd /c")

> There don't seem to be any extensions to chmod that will accomplish
> this,

There is no concept of hidden or system as a file attribute in Linux. 
It's achieved via a leading dot in the file name...

> and I'm wondering if there is a cygwin-specific utility that I might
> be able to use for this purpose.

Why should there be one?!

Thorsten


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