Hiding a Directory with Attrib

You can use the ATTRIB command to prevent a directory from appearing in Filer. This might be useful if you have a directory that contains "secret" files. Here's the trick.

In Filer, point at the directory that you want to hide and press Menu, Options, DOS.

At the DOS prompt type the command

D:\DOS\ATTRIB +H d:\dirname

where d:\ stands for the drive letter and "dirname" stands for the name of the directory.

Now type EXIT and press ENTER to return to Filer. The directory may still appear in Filer until you press ESC to go to the next higher level in the directory tree. Once Filer has had a chance to update itself, the directory name will no longer appear.

To reverse the effect, at the DOS prompt, use the command

D:\DOS\ATTRIB -H d:\dirname