Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:25:40 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199811051725.MAA21468@indy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981105191624.7106P-100000@is> (message from Eli
	Zaretskii on Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:24:14 +0200 (IST))
Subject: Re: readdir and hidden files
Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com


> Does anybody remember why readdir by default skips hidden files?

Because that's the DOS default for findfirst - hidden files are
ignored unless you specify otherwise.

> All these cases usually need to set the special __OPENDIR bit in 
> opendir_flags, which requires DJGPP-specific hacks.  It is best avoided.  
> Can we remove this feature in v2.02?

We can reverse it, so that you have the option of ignoring hidden
files.  Then the startup code can use the reversed option to do the
right thing itself.