butterworth@mscf.med.upenn.edu (10/31/89)
How does one delete hidden files? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David N. Butterworth UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Information Technology 1R N.E.B. -- 420 Service Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104-6020 Internet: butterworth@a1.mscf.upenn.edu "Which shoes are those?" -- f.f. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank) (11/01/89)
In article <140@mscf.med.upenn.edu> butterworth@mscf.med.upenn.edu writes: >How does one delete hidden files? > In DOS, "Hidden" files are nominally protected from normal disk operations such as DIR, DEL, and the like. These files differ from "normal" files only in that the "Hidden" bit has been set ON in the File Attribute part of the directory entry. Using something like PC-Tools, you can delete hidden files without any problems. If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally. Hope this helps.... DISCLAIMER: The information presented above constitutes an honest effort on my part to disseminate knowledge I know or reasonably know to be true. All other interpretations are erroneous. Unky Dave unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu >
wozniak@utkux1.utk.edu (Bryon Lape) (11/02/89)
In article <140@mscf.med.upenn.edu> butterworth@mscf.med.upenn.edu writes: >How does one delete hidden files? > > The only way that I am sure of is the following: Use a utility like Norton or PC-Tools to make the file Un-hidden then delete is from DOS. But I think that PC-Tools will let you delete files from within itself (I am not sure here because I have not used it for a long time). I do not think that the DOS attribute command will work here, but who knows. -bryon-
butterworth@mscf.med.upenn.edu (11/03/89)
Thanks to all those (and there were many) who told me how to go about deleting hidden files ... as well as to all those who told me that the question wasn't particularly dumb, or easy for that matter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David N. Butterworth UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Information Technology 1R N.E.B. -- 420 Service Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104-6020 Internet: butterworth@a1.mscf.upenn.edu "Which shoes are those?" -- f.f. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) (11/03/89)
In article <4376@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes: > If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or >one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file >attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally. > >Unky Dave >unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu >> Umm - I'm not sure this is true. I think ATTRIB will only allow you to change the read-only and archive bits. If you try using, say, ATTRIB +H it doesn't hide the file. Murff..... "If you'd thought about moving you would't bother to stop."
woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) (11/07/89)
In article <954@castle.ed.ac.uk> djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) writes: >In article <4376@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes: >> If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or >>one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file >>attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally. >> >>Unky Dave >>unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu >>> > >Umm - I'm not sure this is true. I think ATTRIB will only allow you to >change the read-only and archive bits. If you try using, say, ATTRIB +H >it doesn't hide the file. > > my DOS [3.1] has chmod which will do the job... f o d d e r /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/
cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (11/07/89)
In article <954@castle.ed.ac.uk> djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) writes: $In article <4376@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes: $> If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or $>one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file $>attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally. $Umm - I'm not sure this is true. I think ATTRIB will only allow you to $change the read-only and archive bits. If you try using, say, ATTRIB +H $it doesn't hide the file. It depends on the version of ATTRIB you have. I'm using MS-DOS 3.20 and it will only allow me to twiddle the Read-only and Archive bits. However, I seem to recall having seen in the documentation for a later version (either PC-DOS 3.30 or PC-DOS 4.01, but MS-DOS should be the same) that you can change all of the four common attributes (R,A, Hidden, and System). I could be wrong, though ... I have PC-DOS 3.30 lying around here, but I don't feel like rebooting just to try it. Please, no e-mail telling me if I'm right or wrong, I couldn't care less personally. -- Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca <std_disclaimer.h> = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n"; **************************************************************************** They say the best in life is free // but if you don't pay then you don't eat
unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank) (11/08/89)
In article <954@castle.ed.ac.uk> djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) writes: >In article <4376@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes: >> If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or >>one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file >>attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally. >> >Umm - I'm not sure this is true. I think ATTRIB will only allow you to >change the read-only and archive bits. If you try using, say, ATTRIB +H >it doesn't hide the file. > Hmmm...you could be right. I normally use ATTR and don't mess with ATTRIB. DOS's utilities tend to be pathetic anyway. Not having a DOS manual handy I really can't say either way. Perhaps someone more versed in the more arcane of DOS's utilities programs can offer some help??? Unky Dave unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu DISCLAIMER: The above message constitutes an honest effort by the author to impart information he knows or reasonably knows to be true. All other interpretations are erroneous.