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I want to create a file with a name so that it is not listed by any command.
i:e not listed by ls and its options.
How can I do that?.
please help.
Nov 27 '07 #1
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numberwhun
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I want to create a file with a name so that it is not listed by any command.
i:e not listed by ls and its options.
How can I do that?.
please help.
Well, you can put a dot (.) as the first character in the file name and it will be hidden from normal view then, but anyone using "ls -a" will be able to see it. There is no way I know of to completely hide a file from some view.

Regards,

Jeff
Nov 27 '07 #2

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