[fpc-pascal] FindFirst / FindNext with faHidden under Linux

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Tue, 12 Jun 2007, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm doing a FindFirst / FindNext and fitering out all faHidden and
> faDirectory results.
> I don't want to show and dot (.<name>) directories as they are
> considered hidden under Linux.
> Yet FindFirst / FindNext doesn't have the faHidden flag set for those
> directories
> 
> Is there another function or another way I can filter out any dot
> directories (.<name>) from the results?

Check if they start with a dot :)

There simply exists no hidden atrribute; the hiding is done by the shell 
and possibly the applications; at API level there exist no hiding in Unix.

Daniël