[jcifs] Issue: hidden children omitted from folder content list

Julian Reschke julian.reschke at gmx.de
Wed Feb 4 22:50:34 GMT 2004


Michael B Allen wrote:

> Julian Reschke said:
> 
>>		smb.setAttributes(smb.getAttributes() | smb.ATTR_HIDDEN);
>>
>>		System.out.println("folder child count: " + folder.list().length);
>>	}
>>
>>yields:
>>
>>folder child count: 0
> 
> 
> This is by design. Hidden files are hidden so ... there hidden. You will
> need to use SmbFileFilter to indicate all file types should be returned.

Well, it's another incompatibility to java.io.File. If this is by 
design, please note it in the documentation.

Regards, Julian

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