Thanks to both of you for pointing out my mistake. I didn't realise that the NTFS-3G project had a Mac specific discussion list.
Also, I agree this is a dodgy area. There must be some way to map hidden files though! I'll try the other list. On Mar 10, 11:49 am, Erik Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexander, you can discuss Mac OS X specific NTFS-3G issues > here:http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewforum.php?f=4 > > This file hiding mechanism is specific to Finder and possibly the > supporting Carbon/Cocoa APIs. I can immediately see some problems with > generating com.apple.FinderInfo data with the kIsInvisible flag set when > there is no data in the xattrs... it's not impossible but I personally > don't think it's worth the effort. > I can see the point in trying to better map NTFS hidden files and > directories onto the Mac file system model, but how should we keep these > things synchronized when the com.apple.FinderInfo attributes might say > one thing, and the NTFS flags another? > > Anyway, this is not a discussion suited for this group. If you want to > discuss it further I suggest you create a thread in the NTFS-3G forum > mentioned above. > > Regards, > > - Erik Larsson (http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com) > > > > Sam Moffatt wrote: > > Your feature is specific to NTFS actually, if the NTFS-3g people feel > > they wish to have this feature than that is nice for them, it is > > neither relevant to Mac OS X nor MacFUSE. As this is not relevant to > > either party that this list is ostensibly for, I would suggest you > > would be better served by the NTFS-3g community and more specifically > > the MacFUSE port of said technology - they have the ability to > > implement said feature, not the developers of MacFUSE. > > > Sam Moffatt > >http://pasamio.id.au > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:26 PM, [smiler] <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> I'd like to suggest a feature, but it's both file-system and Mac OS X > >> specific. > > >> It's to deal with the displaying of hidden files in the Finder, in > >> particular with NTFS. Windows hides quite a few files from users, > >> sometimes by unusual means. For examples, system-wide, anything named > >> with a $ at the start (an illegal FAT32 character I believe) will not > >> be displayed in Windows Explorer. This applies to the Recycle Bin > >> ($RECYCLE.BIN) on volumes, and hidden shares on Windows computers. > > >> There are other folders which are normally hidden, though I'm not sure > >> how they're hidden (like 'System Volume Information' on NTFS drives). > > >> My suggestion is to hide them from the Finder by automatically writing > >> a ._filename metafile indicating the 'invisible' flag. This can be > >> created using the developer tools' 'SetFile' utility from the command > >> line. Alternatively, the invisible bit could be returned to the OS. > > >> I realise it's difficult to decide where and how to implement this. > >> Obviously my example is specific to NTFS. However, if 'average' users > >> see these folders, more-often-than-not they feel compelled to delete > >> them (i.e. they weren't there in Windows, where are they here now? > >> I'll get rid of it). > > >> Regards, > >> Alexander Melhuish --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
