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Message-ID: <42E12213.9060707@hones.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:42:59 +0100
From: Cliff Hones <cliff AT hones DOT org DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Cannot write files if they are hidden
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Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> 
>>From: Cliff Hones
>>Sent: 22 July 2005 17:27
> 
> 
>>Dave Korn wrote:
>>
>>>----Original Message----
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Thrall, Bryan
>>>>Sent: 22 July 2005 17:01
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>----Original Message----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>From: Thrall, Bryan
>>>>>>Sent: 22 July 2005 16:26
>>>>>
>>>>>>Is there any reason why a file should *not* be written to if it has
>>>>>>the Hidden attribute?
>>>>>
>>>>> Because it's hidden.  HTH!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   cheers,
>>>>>     DaveK
>>>>>--
>>>>>Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
>>>>
>>>>Ah, but then Cygwin shouldn't find it to read in the first place, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Nope.  HTH!
>>
>>I'm not aware of what the intended behaviour in Cygwin is
> 
> 
>   The same as in Windoze.  HTH!
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK

Well, aside from whether that's sensible, Cygwin doesn't actually achieve this
as far as the user interface is concerned.

Windows hidden files are listed by "ls" (but aren't by windows "dir").
Under Windows you can read and append, but not replace - this is same as Cygwin.
But Windows "del <hiddenfile>" reports file not found, while Cygwin "rm" does
delete the file.

Would I be right in guessing there is no logic in Cygwin to specifically deal
with the Windows "H" attribute, and what we are seeing is the result of the
quirky Microsoft API behaviour?

-- Cliff

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