Thread: Creating files then Hiding them or making them Read-Only...how?

I know how to do File I/O, but now I want to be able to hide the files I create, just as if they had been Hidden from the Properties menu of the file. Is there any way I can do this? Thanks in advance!


Kyoto Oshiro
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/horizon/files.html
Horizon Games

I remember seeing it on the board before but I can't seem to find it. Look around and you will probably get it. I think that the person used the system comand such as:

system("C:\\file.txt -h")//it is the -h or whatever it is that makes it hidden

i may be wrong...
the open() function can take 3 arguments, with the 3rd argument being file access of type int
0 = normal //default
1 = read-only
2 = hidden
4 = system
8 = archive
so it looks something like this:
ofstream out;
out.open(filename, ios:ut, x); //where x is file access

it can be ORed with |
out.open("test.dat", ios:ut, 1 | 2); //read-only and hidden

i believe you must send something (cant leave blank) as the 2nd argument in order to use the 3rd (file access)

only 1 out of the 4 books i'm using to learn c++ has mentioned this at all. play around with it and lemme know what kind of problems you encounter

eh those smillies are : o without the space if you didnt know

Alright everyone, thanks for your help with this!


Kyoto Oshiro
Horizon Games

Okay, I tried to make the folder hidden by using this...

out.open("Text.txt", ios:ut, 1);

However, no matter what number I put in in place of the 1, the file will not hide, it will only become read-only or archive. Is there some secret number I missed along the line? At least I can get it read-only...which is a start. Any ideas would be appreciated!


Kyoto Oshiro
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/horizon/files.html

i've looked around some and can't find anything else about file access. None of the tutorials i've seen even mention anything about it. I'll keep searching

I have tried to search for anything myself, but all that I come up with involves UNIX or something totally off the topic of C++. It is strange that this sort of information wouldn't be included in some File I/O tutorial. Must be a hidden topic (what a bad pun).


Kyoto Oshiro
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/horizon/files.html
Horizon Games