Re: How can I control invisible files
Re: How can I control invisible files
- Subject: Re: How can I control invisible files
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:51:48 -0600
At 17:28 -0600 11/2/12, Robert Poland wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just discovered that when scripting Finder windows (size, location, etc.), if they misbehave, deleting the .DS_Store file helps.
>
>Only problem is that, apparently, the invisibles must be visible to delete them.
>
>Question; Is there a way to detect and control the Hide/Show Invisibles.
>
>if controlKeyDown then -- delete file ".DS_Store
> delete file ".DS_Store"
>end if
In the past - 10.3.9 or so - I made UNIX hard links to files and directories that Apple wanted to hide. It was mostly for /etc, /usr and the like. It takes Terminal or do shell script. man ln will tell all. But deleting a link to a file might not remove the file reliably.
You might also think about deleting the contents of the .DS_Store file without deleting the file itself.
To do that you copy a special file /dev/null into the file to be obliterated. Again Terminal or do shell script
cp /dev/null "complete path to .DS_Store"
You might need to invoke admin privilege for any of that with sudo.
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