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Re: Cannot write files if they are hidden


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 - but it seems the
current behaviour is inconsistent and unexpected (at least by me).  I would
have expected the hidden attribute to either be ignored, or to result in
behaviour similar to Unix/Posix ".<name>" files [ie not showing by default
in directory listings, but access unaffected by the attribute.]  It seems that
at the moment a windows hidden file is listed by "ls", can be read and appended
to, but cannot be replaced.

-- Cliff



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