veto files

[Bruce]

Try

hide dot files = yes
veto files = /AllMyFiles/.?*/


Bruce.


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>On  0, Mike Fedyk <mfedyk at matchmail.com> wrote:
>> Subba Rao wrote:
>> >
>> > On  0, Jan Kuhn <jkuhn at siumed.edu> wrote:
>> > > try:
>> > >
>> > > hide dot files = yes
>> > >    hide files = /.*/lost+found/
>> > >
>> >
>> > That did not do it. The error message still continues.
>> >
>> The problem is in the ".*"  Keep "hide dot files = yes" but take out the
>>veto
>> files and hide files directives.
>>
>> You are trying to hide and veto all files and directories under "."
>>which is the
>> current directory, very bad stuff. ;P
>>
>
>The solution you suggested was the first thing I tried. Since that did not
>work, I went along with the "veto file" directive. The "veto files" directive
>worked but would not allow me to write any files to the directory.
>
>After you note, I tried it again to test it. The "hide dot files" alone does
>not hide the dot files. The "vet file" with the the file syntax will hide
>those files.
>
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>
>Subba Rao
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