Re: Newbie Samba help (solved)
On 4/26/07, John K Masters <johnmasters@oxtedonline.net> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:03:47 -0400
"Jan Sneep" <jan@azureservices.ca> wrote:
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> Interestingly from the Win Xp machine I can see a whole bunch of
> files and folders with names that start with a "." that I can't see
> from the Gnome desktop.
>
These are hidden files. Not shown by default in Gnome. You can see them
by using the -a switch with ls or Ctl-H if using the Gnome GUI.
Yes, sometimes, the huge list might be overwhelming. In XP's explorer,
you can turn off showing the hidden files. IIRC, from explorer, Tools
Folder options > View (second tab) > (scroll down) Do not show
hidden files. > Apply > OK.
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Regards
PK
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