Snow Leopard: access "hidden" files in file selection ?
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From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 09:30 In article <00cd153f$0$23338$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > It isn't so much the .hidden files I am after, it is the unix > directories such as /etc /usr /volumes etc. > > This is sort for a crash course for me. It isn't a question of exploring > the system to learn, it is a question of finding ways to convert all the > functionality I have on VMS to Unix. So there is a lot to learn ASAP. > > So having the easiest tools to find what there is in Unix is very > useful, and the finder one one such useful tool to look/explore to find > out where apps , config files etc are located. > > And yes, /private is one of those directories which are hidden by the > finder and by the dock. For an exercise I've just put /tftpboot and /etc on my dock :-) In Finder, Command-Shift-G, tap /private into the dialog, and then drag each folder in turn to the RHS (document area) of the Dock. /etc got the TextWrangler icon (I'm not sure why, probably something in my TextWrangler preferences). Right clicking on that icon allows you to set your display preferences. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 10:07 In article <C776A45B.4FEA4%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article barmar-2759D6.22191615012010(a)nothing.attdns.com, Barry Margolin > at barmar(a)alum.mit.edu wrote on 1/15/10 10:19 PM: > > > In article <jollyroger-9F5B1E.21013315012010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > >> It seems like you're saying showing hidden files in the Finder is useful > >> as a learning tool, to help someone get familiar with the Unix file > >> system that is normally obscured. I don't recall ever having done that > >> to learn the Unix file system, myself; but whatever gets the job done. > > > > I think it should just be easy to toggle displaying hidden files. > > It is: http://is.gd/6kUUu > Thanks. The Applescript source code is included, and sends Quit to Finder rather than doing the killall I suggested in my previous post. This is done so that Finder will restore the current windows on restart; the killall method won't remember recent changes to your Finder windows. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 09:57 In article <barmar-2759D6.22191615012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-9F5B1E.21013315012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > It seems like you're saying showing hidden files in the Finder is useful > > as a learning tool, to help someone get familiar with the Unix file > > system that is normally obscured. I don't recall ever having done that > > to learn the Unix file system, myself; but whatever gets the job done. > > I think it should just be easy to toggle displaying hidden files. > > Similar to the CLI, you use "ls" to list files normally, and "ls -a" to > include the hidden files. I agree. A checkbox in Finder would be nice (as an option in the View menu and a corresponding Toolbar icon). Currently the easiest way to do this is: To switch display of hidden/system files ON: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true killall Finder To switch display of hidden/system files OFF: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false killall Finder It's having to relaunch Finder which makes things not so smooth. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 10:55 In article <michelle-02A61C.08361315012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <paul.nospam-A6B808.16144315012010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, > Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > > > > BTW, how does one go about finding such nuggest of information on the > > > Apple site ? (such as the shift-command-period to list hidden files > > > and shift command g to a "goto folder" menu in a file selection > > > dialogue ?) > > > > In Leopard and previous versions, Shift Command G is shown in the Finder > > Go menu. Has that been dropped in Snow Leopard? > > This is about being within an Open or Save (Save As) dialog. > Command-Shift-G invokes a sheet within the dialog. The beauty of a modular system :-) All the shortcuts shown in the Finder Go menu (except for Command-K) also work in an Open or Save dialog. I haven't tried this with any Carbon apps; they may not be the same. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 10:57
In article <michelle-58C6C1.19461715012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <150120101620497992%fake(a)notreal.net>, > "Ed H." <fake(a)notreal.net> wrote: > > > I notice that Cmd-Shift-/ (on the keypad) also brings up a "Go to the > > folder" sheet in dialogs with the forward slash typed in for you. > > In 10.6.2, only the plain slash, without any modifiers, does that. As does 10.5.8, with the non-keypad slash as well. -- Paul Sture |