Elton Hughes asked:
>> Does anyone have a routine that will allow you to turn an invisible file,
>> visible?
>> Here is my problem, on AppleShare IP servers there is an invisible folder
>> named "Temporary Items".
Michael Kuyumcu replied:
> I'd use the program "File Buddy".
For most invisible files, File Buddy changes visibility in either direction
just fine. However, I have observed that for some files that are critical
to the operating system, Mac OS does not permit certain actions to be taken.
Onn Mac OS 8.6 when I tried using File Buddy 6.13 to make
(operating disc):Temporary Items
visible, it went through the normal actions as if it were changing the
visibility, and afterwqrd it was no longer marked as "Invisible" by the File
Buddy information window. HOWEVER, it still wasn't visible in the window for
hard disc where it lives! I think (operating disc):Temporary Items is one of
those very special files that Apple protects by hidden means.
I have encountered this before for a very small number of sensitive-looking
files. The file
(operating disk):TheFindByContentFolder:TheFindByContentIndex,
where Mac OS 6 keeps the Sherlock content index can be made truly visible,
but Mac OS always turns it invisible again very rapidly. (The containing
folder, however, will still stay visible if changed.)
The method suggested by Chris Nandor looks to me like the only suggestion so
far that is likely to work.
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Joseph B Kruskal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
