[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

2991.0. "Invisible directories" by MQOFS::DESROSIERS (Lets procrastinate....tomorrow) Fri Oct 06 1989 14:19

Last week my four year old trashed my hard drive, in a way only 
known to them.  I managed to recover every file with disk-doctor
from the 1.3.2 realease, however, now all single letter directories
(S, T, C, L) are now "invisible".  Diskmaster can't see them, a
'dir' command from a CLI can't see them, yet I can change directory
to those invisible directories and list all the files contained 
in each.  The files can be transfered to another directory without
any problem (from a CLI only).  If I try to makedir any of those,
I get a 'directory already exists' message.  I tried playing with
protect especially with the H (hidden) bit, but with no success, in
fact I tried to deliberately hide a file, but even after rebooting,
it was still there with all it's flags waving.  I guess my only
option at this time is to back everything up and reformat the drive.

Can someone offer an alternative, or an explanation of this phenomena?

Jean

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2991.1	-	NOBHIL::BODINE_CH		`Fri Oct 06 1989 15:47`	3
	Have you tried renaming the directories and then back again? Chris
2991.2	ANOTHER APPROACH	POLAR::GOSLING		`Fri Oct 06 1989 16:48`	13
	Along the same lines as -.1, in case that doesn't work you may want to try (this is nothing but a guess mind you): Make a new dir - TempC as an example; copy all the files from the invisible C directory to TempC; delete all the files in C; delete C itself; 'make' the C directory again; copy all the files from TempC to C; etc.; etc. Good luck! Art
2991.3	I've seen it, also	SMAUG::SPODARYK	Binary Throttle	`Fri Oct 06 1989 16:51`	9
	I have seen the same phenomenon. What I did was to backup everything using Quarterback. Then I had to backup those 'invisible' directories explicitly, reformat and resurrect. Of course, I forgot my s/ directory, but all that meant was rewriting my startup-sequence. Dumb. No explanations, though. ~Steve
2991.4	Don't trust it	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Fri Oct 06 1989 19:55`	19
	Re: .0 >I guess my only option at this time is to back everything up and >reformat the drive. > >Can someone offer an alternative, or an explanation of this phenomena? Free advice, and worth every penny: Avoid alternatives. I always believe the message that DiskDoctor gives as it exits to the effect copy the data off the drive and then reformat it! An "almost good" file system repaired by DiskDoctor might work well enough initially to allow you to get all your files, but might become more and more corrupt over time. Look on this as an opportunity to defragment your disk by recreating it. :-)
2991.5		DICKNS::MACDONALD	WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25	`Fri Oct 06 1989 20:11`	2
	Speaking of "invisible" and "directories," what is a "hidden" file that is mentioned in the 1.3 docs but not really explained.
2991.6	The hidden bit is sort of hidden right now	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Fri Oct 06 1989 20:20`	10
	Re: .5 >Speaking of "invisible" and "directories," what is a "hidden" file that >is mentioned in the 1.3 docs but not really explained. It seems to be a feature that didn't really make it into 1.3. There is a new protection bit on files (just like rwe a and p) that is supposed to hide the file. So you don't need to see it in directory listings. So that all those people who say that ".info files make my directory listing unreadable" will shut up.