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In article <1gaseuINNlbr@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> ted@helios.UCSC.EDU (Ted Cantrall) writes:
>In article <1992Dec11.111301.16834@reks.uia.ac.be> neurogen@reks.uia.ac.be (Neurogenetica) writes:
>->You can set the hidden bit in the attribute byte (the same
>->byte that says that your 'file' is in fact a directory).
>-----------
>In DOS 5 (maybe 4?), use the ATTRIB command. "attrib +h dos /d" will hide the
>dos directory.

...if using 4DOS, which has an internal attrib command with a /d switch...

In MS-DOS 5, "attrib +h dos" will hide the dos directory. /D will cause
an error if you're not using 4DOS.
In MS-DOS 4, there's no user command to set the hidden attribute of
subdirectories (you can toggle the hidden attribute on files which 
aren't  subdirectories with the dosshell). There are many utilities which
will set it tho (I personally like DiskEdit from Norton's, which earns
me a lot of ribbing from my "Not Using Debug Proves You're A Wimp" friend).
(But then he's a jock - wrestler -  was first in state for his weight class
his senior year in high school - testosterone poisioning, I guess ;-)

-jen
 I'm not an MS-DOS support person anymore, I just sound like one.