On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:39 AM, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > I have been experimenting with the file system that the emulator > presents and I noticed that although I can create files with 'normal' > names (ex. test, src), I don't seem to be able to create dotted > names, such as .test, .src. Is there a restriction on dir names > (other than the common rules that apply on most OSs)?
You can create them. You can't see them. Directories with leading periods are normally suppressed from directory listings. This has been standard Linux behavior for a very long time. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 2.9 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
