Re: listfiles shows invisible files ...
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >>Quite frankly, after thinking about it, I cannot come up with one good use >>of deleting of invisible files. Even though I am sure someone will, not >>being able to easily distinguish between the two and having a loop delete >>situation would be seemingly very bad. > >I like the idea of adding a tag that lets you know if the file is >invisible. Not cross-platform, but a reasonable thing to want to >know.I think you're starting on the right track now, but just adding a new tag like [isVisible] to the tags available inside the listfiles context tags does not go far enough ...What we really need is for webcat to ignore visible files by default.How about using a special optional parameter in the listfiles context to activate webcat's ability to list invisible files? Something like this perhaps:[listfiles file=folder/&invisible=T]By using a tag like this we could turn on webcat's ability to list and process invisible files inside the listfiles context. But when the invisible=T parameter is not present, webcat would not list invisible files.This would be my preferred solution, I cannot speak for others ...================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>>Quite frankly, after thinking about it, I cannot come up with one good use >>of deleting of invisible files. Even though I am sure someone will, not >>being able to easily distinguish between the two and having a loop delete >>situation would be seemingly very bad. > >I like the idea of adding a tag that lets you know if the file is >invisible. Not cross-platform, but a reasonable thing to want to >know.I think you're starting on the right track now, but just adding a new tag like [isVisible] to the tags available inside the listfiles context tags does not go far enough ...What we really need is for webcat to ignore visible files by default.How about using a special optional parameter in the listfiles context to activate webcat's ability to list invisible files? Something like this perhaps:[listfiles file=folder/&invisible=T]By using a tag like this we could turn on webcat's ability to list and process invisible files inside the listfiles context. But when the invisible=T parameter is not present, webcat would not list invisible files.This would be my preferred solution, I cannot speak for others ...================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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