From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: interface to ask is a file is hidden Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:36:07 -0400 Message-ID: <20081010223607.GA12709@infradead.org> References: <641322f90810101222p3ff36ac3va9057b9958d2abf2@mail.gmail.com> <20081010192104.GD19500@unused.rdu.redhat.com> <20081010193503.GE23734@samba1> <641322f90810101300v3ab5fc15hb20fca0374ebe4b4@mail.gmail.com> <20081010215722.GG8645@mit.edu> <641322f90810101521o50191390w529c9b2c9b6c802@mail.gmail.com> <20081010222518.GA7669@infradead.org> <641322f90810101533p78d1bb9ame14a5c3c99b0b06e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Theodore Tso , Jeremy Allison , Alexander Larsson , Szabolcs Szakacsits , Josef Bacik , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Nicol?? Chieffo <84yelo3@gmail.com> Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:57103 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751950AbYJJWgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:36:24 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <641322f90810101533p78d1bb9ame14a5c3c99b0b06e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:33:09AM +0200, Nicol?? Chieffo wrote: > Mm ok, with "hidden" I mean files that are not normally displayed when > you list the directory, nothing more, sorry if I coulnd't explain > well. > > I'm just talking as a normal user, sorry. > > Which is the correct definition of what I'm trying to explain? I have no idea what you want to display. But either follow the de-facto standard that ls has set 30 years or more ago and skip the files that start with a ".", or do what you thing is right and ignore what unix systems have been doing forever and do your own thing.