Hide subfolders inside a folder in java

Question

I have a scenario where I need to hide my some folders which contain some files. I search a lot over the internet but did not get any good solution. I need to hide subfolders not the whole directory. Here is the code which I am using

Process _p = null;
         try {
             _p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("attrib +H " + t.getPath());
              _p.waitFor();
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException ex) {
             java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(newFrame.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
         }

where t = path tp that file like C:\parentFolder\subfolder1\subfolder2\book.xml
I need to hide only subfolder1\subfolder2\book.xml

Please provide me some good solution.

Thanks in Advance.

Possible duplicate of [Make a File/Folder Hidden on Windows with Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1294989/make-a-file-folder-hidden-on-windows-with-java) — Maximilian Gerhardt, Dec 23 '15 at 19:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '15 at 18:50

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Java 7 solution

Path path = Paths.get("your/folder");
Files.setAttribute(path, "dos:hidden", true);

Or:

Path path = Paths.get("your/folder");
DosFileAttributeView attr = Files.getFileAttributeView(path, DosFileAttributeView.class);
attr.setHidden(true);

answered Dec 23 '15 at 18:50

Fred Porciúncula

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 18:51

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use DosFileAttributeView , it has setHidden() method

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/attribute/DosFileAttributeView.html#setHidden(boolean)

answered Dec 23 '15 at 18:51

Ramanlfc

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Hide subfolders inside a folder in java

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Java 7 solution