1 <samba:parameter name="hide files"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This is a list of files or directories that are not
7 visible but are accessible. The DOS 'hidden' attribute is applied
8 to any files or directories that match.</para>
10 <para>Each entry in the list must be separated by a '/',
11 which allows spaces to be included in the entry. '*'
12 and '?' can be used to specify multiple files or directories
13 as in DOS wildcards.</para>
15 <para>Each entry must be a Unix path, not a DOS path and must
16 not include the Unix directory separator '/'.</para>
18 <para>Note that the case sensitivity option is applicable
19 in hiding files.</para>
21 <para>Setting this parameter will affect the performance of Samba,
22 as it will be forced to check all files and directories for a match
23 as they are scanned.</para>
26 The example shown above is based on files that the Macintosh
27 SMB client (DAVE) available from <ulink url="http://www.thursby.com">
28 Thursby</ulink> creates for internal use, and also still hides
29 all files beginning with a dot.
33 An example of us of this parameter is:
35 hide files = /.*/DesktopFolderDB/TrashFor%m/resource.frk/
40 <related>hide dot files</related>
41 <related>veto files</related>
42 <related>case sensitive</related>
44 <value type="default"><comment>no file are hidden</comment></value>