On Nov 28, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Ariel Feinerman wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> how to check whether a file is hidden in Finder? There seems file manager
> has no any methods to change file`s visibility like lchflags().

There are three different things that can cause a file to be hidden in the 
Finder:

1. If it has a . at the beginning of its name
2. If its hidden bit is set (you can check for this using the Carbon file 
manager)
3. If its name comes up inside the .hidden file in the same folder (if such a 
file exists)

And yes, I have a bug open on this asking for a way to do this using 
NSFileManager.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>



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