Cannot write files if they are hidden

Krzysztof Duleba krzysan@skrzynka.pl
Fri Jul 22 18:15:00 GMT 2005


Dave Korn wrote:

 >> It seems that at the moment a windows hidden file is listed by "ls", 
can >> be read and appended to, but cannot be replaced.
>
>   The same as in Windoze.  HTH!

That's true only to some extend. echo foo > hidden_file fails both in cmd 
and cygwin, but Windows editors (notepad, edit) can edit hidden files no 
problem.

Krzysztof Duleba


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