pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) (01/18/91)
From article <11599@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, by jennie@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Jennifer Kay): > In article <1991Jan16.163558.26338@arc.ab.ca> erkamp@arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp) writes: >>Is there a program that will 'reveal' hidden files on the atari? I was using >>STMirror on my drive and discovered a hidden file (Neodesk.dat) and I think >>that it really sucks that NeoDesk 3.0 creates this file. I would like to know >>what's in it and why it's there. Hidden files are fact of life, get something (UISII or III, gulam, etc) to deal with them. They are *usually* not dangerous, as in this case, where NeoDesk is simply storing your partition name in the hidden file. > There is a program called Craft-2 distributed by Hi-Soft. It is a > shell that tries to look like unix, and does a very good job. Interesting. > To command "ls" will list the directory, and the command "ls -a" will > list the directory with hidden files. The command "chmod" can be used > to change the attribute bits of files (to hide/reveal them, > mark/unmark them as system files, set/reset the archive bit etc.). > > Craft is my preferred shell - I like it much better than NeoDesk. It > is particularly well suited to creating an environment that is ideal > for program development due to the sophisticated shell scripts that > can be created. To each his own, my preference is a combination of graphic and text shells. > Red/. (speaking via jennie) Many CLIs will do what is described here. It reminds me though, of Gemini, any news about when GeminiUK >= 1.2 will show up here? You might want to check out Gemini (or Mupfel & Venus separately on Tos 1.0). Mupfel will do this (as will the Neodesk Cli to be fair, but Mupfel is nicer IMHO 8-). You should know though, this was written by a die hard Neo 3 user 8-).