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kde4libs package

  1. Bug #39376
  2. Comment #47

Comment 47 for bug 39376

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In , David Bailey (dr-baileynet) wrote :

Some information about the Nautilus .hidden file:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=789684

Another option might be extended attributes so that the fact that the file is hidden becomes metadata of the file, and moves with the file if it's moved, for instance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes