Compressed hidden files are not hidden anymore when uncompressing on Windows












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When I zip hidden files and folder and unzip on a Windows PC, they do not remain hidden. I tried to hide them with dot and also with the command chflags hidden.



Is there anything I can do? It happens only when sending Mac to Windows, Mac to Mac works fine.






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    When I zip hidden files and folder and unzip on a Windows PC, they do not remain hidden. I tried to hide them with dot and also with the command chflags hidden.



    Is there anything I can do? It happens only when sending Mac to Windows, Mac to Mac works fine.






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      When I zip hidden files and folder and unzip on a Windows PC, they do not remain hidden. I tried to hide them with dot and also with the command chflags hidden.



      Is there anything I can do? It happens only when sending Mac to Windows, Mac to Mac works fine.






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      When I zip hidden files and folder and unzip on a Windows PC, they do not remain hidden. I tried to hide them with dot and also with the command chflags hidden.



      Is there anything I can do? It happens only when sending Mac to Windows, Mac to Mac works fine.






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          The filesystem running on macOS and Windows handles hidden files differently. The two approaches, i.e. prepending a dot . character to filename or using chflags hidden won't work as it will set the file as hidden on Mac and not on Windows.



          The filenames prepended with . will remain hidden on any UNIX/Linux system.




          You can hide files on Windows by getting properties on a file and checking the "hidden" box on the general tab. This will only hide a file if you don't change the default behavior of Windows Explorer to keep hidden files hidden.






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          • Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

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          • @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

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          The filesystem running on macOS and Windows handles hidden files differently. The two approaches, i.e. prepending a dot . character to filename or using chflags hidden won't work as it will set the file as hidden on Mac and not on Windows.



          The filenames prepended with . will remain hidden on any UNIX/Linux system.




          You can hide files on Windows by getting properties on a file and checking the "hidden" box on the general tab. This will only hide a file if you don't change the default behavior of Windows Explorer to keep hidden files hidden.






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          • Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

            – TryingTrying
            1 hour ago











          • @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

            – Mark
            10 mins ago
















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          The filesystem running on macOS and Windows handles hidden files differently. The two approaches, i.e. prepending a dot . character to filename or using chflags hidden won't work as it will set the file as hidden on Mac and not on Windows.



          The filenames prepended with . will remain hidden on any UNIX/Linux system.




          You can hide files on Windows by getting properties on a file and checking the "hidden" box on the general tab. This will only hide a file if you don't change the default behavior of Windows Explorer to keep hidden files hidden.






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          • Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

            – TryingTrying
            1 hour ago











          • @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

            – Mark
            10 mins ago














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          The filesystem running on macOS and Windows handles hidden files differently. The two approaches, i.e. prepending a dot . character to filename or using chflags hidden won't work as it will set the file as hidden on Mac and not on Windows.



          The filenames prepended with . will remain hidden on any UNIX/Linux system.




          You can hide files on Windows by getting properties on a file and checking the "hidden" box on the general tab. This will only hide a file if you don't change the default behavior of Windows Explorer to keep hidden files hidden.






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          The filesystem running on macOS and Windows handles hidden files differently. The two approaches, i.e. prepending a dot . character to filename or using chflags hidden won't work as it will set the file as hidden on Mac and not on Windows.



          The filenames prepended with . will remain hidden on any UNIX/Linux system.




          You can hide files on Windows by getting properties on a file and checking the "hidden" box on the general tab. This will only hide a file if you don't change the default behavior of Windows Explorer to keep hidden files hidden.







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          • Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

            – TryingTrying
            1 hour ago











          • @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

            – Mark
            10 mins ago



















          • Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

            – TryingTrying
            1 hour ago











          • @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

            – Mark
            10 mins ago

















          Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

          – TryingTrying
          1 hour ago





          Oh I see. Thank you Nimesh. Is there anything to keep these files hidden when unzipping on Windows?

          – TryingTrying
          1 hour ago













          @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

          – Mark
          10 mins ago





          @TryingTrying no there is not as I think zip files do not contain anything to mark a file as hidden except the file name for Unix.

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