Hide file or directory using Windows API with C

Question

I want to change the program to C so that some of the files that it creates are hidden in Windows. Which Windows or (even better) POSIX API will set the hidden file attribute?

Answer 1

You can do this by calling SetFileAttributes and setting the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN flag. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365535%28VS.85%29.aspx

This is not POSIX. To create a “hidden” file on a regular POSIX system such as Linux, simply run the file name with a dot (.).

Answer 2

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Windows SetFileAttributes.

Answer 3

CreateFile FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN

Answer 4

GetFileAttributesEx, GetFileAttributes SetFileAttributes API Win32.

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364946(VS.85).aspx