On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 20:51, Peter Uhnak <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I imagine because it is quite a rare edge-case use and is not easy to > implement: > - for Linux you check for dot > - for Windows you need to either modify the VM (see File > class>>lookupDirectory:filename: to provide more information), or directly > use WinAPI from Pharo to retrieve the hidden file attribute > - for MacOS it is my understanding that you need to do both of the above and > then some > > Peter >
As Peter wrote, this hasn't been requested much, but... In Pharo 8: (aFileReference entry statAttributes at: 13) anyMask: 16r2 Will answer a boolean indicating whether it is hidden or not (only on Windows). "aFileReference entry statAttributes at: 13" is the WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-attribute-constants HTH, Alistair
