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