# File hidden

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-hidden/150889>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-hidden/150889 "2008-10-14T18:32:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kless)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-hidden/150889/1 "2008-10-14T18:32:01Z")

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Is there any way of create a hidden file without have any problem in  
windows systems?

In linux would be inserting a point as ‘.hide’

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**Author:** ![Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kless)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-hidden/150889/2 "2008-10-14T18:54:56Z")

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In windows, you can do this:  
attrib +h \<filename.ext\>