Thread: Using a file format to save information that the user can't readily access?

But is there a non os-specific method?

Possibly in the std::filesystem class.

Why aren't there such cool functions in other os other than windows?

There are, you just haven't stumbled across them yet. Do you realize that on Unix/Linux you can "hide" a file by simply starting the name with a dot(.)?

By the way on Windows to "hide" a file I believe you need to be using something other than the "FAT" based filesystem since "FAT" doesn't support most(any?) file attributes, also it appears that you need at least Windows XP for that function.

Originally Posted by jimblumberg

Possibly in the std::filesystem class.


There are, you just haven't stumbled across them yet. Do you realize that on Unix/Linux you can "hide" a file by simply starting the name with a dot(.)?

By the way on Windows to "hide" a file I believe you need to be using something other than the "FAT" based filesystem since "FAT" doesn't support most(any?) file attributes, also it appears that you need at least Windows XP for that function.

Oh lord jim how the hell do you know so much stuff! But there's isn't something like the <windows.h> for other os right?

Originally Posted by Nwb

Oh lord jim how the hell do you know so much stuff! But there's isn't something like the <windows.h> for other os right?

I can't quite tell whether you're expecting there to be a corresponding header, but of course there is. There's <unistd.h> for a start, which is standard POSIX (unix-like things), as well as a bunch of system-specific things that you would find in sys/ as well. If you have access to a *nix machine, you can do

Code:

ls /usr/include

to see all the headers you have at your disposal. (You should see all the standard headers, of course, plus the system-specific ones here, plus some directories that have more.)