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Windows system files visible in external ntfs partition or drive

Bug #205864 reported by Supreme1012 on 2008-03-24

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	KDE Base	Fix Released	Wishlist	kde-bugs #171537
	kdebase (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dolphin

Im using the new Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4, 64 Bit version. My problem is that I have external partitions and hard drives with the ntfs format, and when mounting those drives to a Windows system, Windows will make hidden "Recycler" and "System Volume Information" folders. Sure Windows sucks, but I dont want to delete these folders because it will mess up the drive with Windows when I need to access it through Windows. I would request that these two folders be hidden by default in Dolphin. There should of course be some optional way to show the folders, but Ill leave that up to you guys to figure out. I believe it will be safer and much better looking to have those folders hidden by default.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote on 2008-09-11:

Needs a wishlist report forwarded upstream.

Changed in kdebase:
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Confirmed

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Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote on 2008-09-23:

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171537

Changed in kdebase:
importance:	Undecided → Unknown
status:	New → Unknown

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-09-23

Changed in kdebase:
status:	Unknown → New

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #171537, Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote on 2008-09-23:

Version: (using KDE 4.1.1)
OS: Linux
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages

This wish was reported on the ubuntu bug tracker under: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/205864

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) on 2008-09-25

Changed in kdebase:
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-12-01

Changed in kdebase:
status:	New → Confirmed

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #171537, Kde-2011-08 (kde-2011-08) wrote on 2008-12-08:

Linux (and Unix in general) has a convention that filenames beginning with a dot are considered hidden files. I suggest that you file a bug with the developers of the NTFS file system and request that they follow this convention, as this has been standard behaviour for decades and only MS filesystem conflict. Please post a link to the bug that you file so that we can follow it.

Does Windows Explorer display hidden *nix files by default when browsing ext3 and other filesystems? Can this be configured in Windows Explorer?

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote on 2009-10-27:

Hello there,

Kubuntu currently does not have the manpower necessary to implement this feature as a distribution, so we are closing this report. Worry not, though, because your wish item is still being tracked by KDE at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171537 . Once KDE implements this feature, we will include it in the Kubuntu release which contains the KDE version the feature was implemented in.

Thanks for understanding, and have a nice day.

Changed in kdebase (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Won't Fix

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-02-27

Changed in kdebase:
importance:	Unknown → Wishlist

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #171537, Vanmeeuwen (vanmeeuwen) wrote on 2012-08-24:

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #171537, Nate-b (nate-b) wrote on 2017-09-03:

There is approximately a 0% chance that Microsoft will add POSIX compatibility to NTFS and start using dotfiles for their hidden files. I think it's a reasonable request to hide these folders by default, and show them alongside dotfiles when the "Show hidden files" sessing is turned on.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2017-09-05

Changed in kde-baseapps:
status:	Confirmed → Unknown

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #171537, Roman Inflianskas (rominf) wrote on 2018-03-26:

Git commit d7cce9937d5e9af2753fadb82d11f308b58bb8fa by Roman Inflianskas.
Committed on 26/03/2018 at 07:06.
Pushed by romaninflianskas into branch 'master'.

Support NTFS hidden files

Summary:
This patch implements function `isHiddenNtfs` which checks extended attribute `HIDDEN` of files from NTFS partitions and populates `UDSEntry` with `KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_HIDDEN`.

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Test Plan:
# Open Dolphin on Windows partition
# Check that "$Recycle.Bin", "MSOCache", "System Volume Information", etc. are hidden
# Show hidden files
# Check that Windows hidden files are displayed now

Reviewers: #dolphin, #frameworks, markg, dfaure

Reviewed By: dfaure

Subscribers: dfaure, markg, elvisangelaccio, ltoscano, anthonyfieroni, broulik, #frameworks, #dolphin

Tags: #frameworks

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D11204

M +44 -0 src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/kio/d7cce9937d5e9af2753fadb82d11f308b58bb8fa