In article <uce-F79936.07363025072008@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:
> In article <jollyroger-8079AA.01014625072008@news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <uce-BABAD6.01501725072008@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <jollyroger-E0B630.19534324072008@news.individual.net>, > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <uce-0A1B44.20312224072008@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, > > > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In article <jollyroger-6EA116.14393424072008@news.individual.net>, > > > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In article > > > > > > <uce-E538F5.12330524072008@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>, > > > > > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you happen to have the developer tools installed, there's a > > > > > > > command > > > > > > > line tool that will do it for you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /Developer/Tools/SetFile -P -a V <file_path> > > > > > > > > > > > > And if you don't have Xcode installed, you can issue this command > > > > > > instead: > > > > > > > > > > > > chflags hidden /path/to/file > > > > > > > > > > While I can find references to this on the Internet, the man page for > > > > > chflags (10.4 and 10.5) doesn't mention the hidden flag. > > > > > > > > It's in the man page in my installations of both 10.4 and 10.5. Are > > > > you > > > > sure you didn't just miss it? Here's what the manual says about it: > > > > > > > > hidden set the hidden flag [Hide item from GUI] > > > > > > Read it very carefully before posting that message and double-checked > > > just now. My G5 was delivered with 10.2 which was upgraded in-place to > > > 10.3 and 10.4. My MacBook was delivered with 10.4 and was upgraded > > > in-place to 10.5. All upgrades happened on their respective release > > > days, and all updates have been applied within days of becoming > > > available (almost always via Software Update, but 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 were > > > done via the combo). Neither of them mention the hidden flag. > > > > So I supposed through those upgrades, you missed some man page updates. > > I've learned that "upgrade" is something to be avoided with Mac OS X... > > It's interesting, though, that you've got it on a 10.4 machine while a > machine I have that was delivered with 10.4 and then upgraded to Leopard > doesn't have that version of the page.
Maybe my memory is faulty there. I'm sure I remember using "chflags hidden" on 10.4 machines, but I could be mistaken about the man page on 10.4.
> What's the date at the bottom of the chflags man page on your machine(s)?
May 14, 2005
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