Format of .hidden file list

[frozenpeas]

Hello,

I need to hide some files and folders on a CD I am burning. I cannot change the names of the files. I have read that I can use a .hidden file... I am wondering how this is to be formatted? Is it one file named ".hidden" that contains a list of other files to hide? I have been unable to find much info about this.

Thank you.

frozenpeas

 

[dodge20]

You want the CD to have hidden files? Not sure if that is possible. OS X can hide files though.

In Mac OS X, there are three different ways a file or directory can be made invisible in the finder: it can have the "invisible" attribute set (as in older Mac OS systems), its name can start with "." (as in other unix systems), or its name can be listed in the /.hidden file. Many of the files and directories listed above are actually invisible for multiple reasons (e.g. /bin is listed in /.hidden, as well as having its invisible attribute set).

Note that OS X only respects the .hidden file on its boot volume, so if you boot from another disk, several normally-hidden files will suddenly be visible. Also, since Mac OS 9 (and older versions) only recognize the invisible flag, even more of these files (mainly /.vol, /mach, /mach.sym, and sometimes .DS_Store) will be visible when you boot into Mac OS 9.




Dodge20