syncthing/internal/osutil/hidden_windows.go

// Copyright (C) 2014 The Syncthing Authors.
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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// Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
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//
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// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
// more details.
//
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// +build windows

package osutil

import "syscall"

func HideFile(path string) error {
	p, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	attrs, err := syscall.GetFileAttributes(p)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	attrs |= syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
	return syscall.SetFileAttributes(p, attrs)
}

func ShowFile(path string) error {
	p, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	attrs, err := syscall.GetFileAttributes(p)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	attrs &^= syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
	return syscall.SetFileAttributes(p, attrs)
}