RE: ls.exe shows windows system hidden files

2002-12-02 Thread Wendell Pinegar
n files by default and have a switch to allow ls.exe to show these files if requested (like "ls --show-hidden-files" and "ls --show-system-files"). -Original Message- From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:29 AM To: Wendell Pinegar;

ls.exe shows windows system hidden files

2002-12-02 Thread Wendell Pinegar
There seems to be a long running defect in the implementation of ls.exe. It shows windows system hidden files - which it shouldn't do by default. On Unix systems files are hidden by placing a period in front of the filename (ie, .profile), but in the windows world files are not routinely hidden t