Re: isofs unhide option: troubles with Wine

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
By author:    Thunder from the hill <[e-mail]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
> 
> On 3 Jun 2002, Jeremy White wrote:
> > possible rather than impossible. Question is - why was hide the default
> > and what was that decision based upon ?
> 
> Supposedly, someone wanted it _really_ hidden. I can't currently think of 
> another sane reason, I don't know if you can and it's just these 
> headaches. However, what's the advantage in disappearing files?
> 
> I suggest making them readable, but not listed.
> 

No, I think that's a bad idea.  Make them listed, but make it possible
to query the attribute flags.

	-hpa
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