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.
What's the date at the bottom of the chflags man page on your machine(s)?
-- "Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
