Is there like a way to hide a file using python?

Question

So I want to hide a file in python.

hide("VerySecretFile.txt")

This method should also work with folders. any idea how i can do it?

There's already info on this on this site so it's not clear what's special about your case. What platform are you on? If it's on Windows, did you try anything suggested [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/549109/hide-folders-file-with-python)? If it's Mac OS or Linux, did you try the suggestions from [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25432139/python-cross-platform-hidden-file)? In Unix-like operating systems, you just need to add a `.` to the beginning of the file or folder name. — Random Davis, Nov 23 '21 at 17:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '21 at 17:12

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You can just add +h to file properties like that:

p = os.popen('attrib +h ' + filepath)
t = p.read()
p.close()

answered Nov 23 '21 at 17:12

Vasily

Why are you using `popen()`? The command doesn't produce any output to read. – Barmar Nov 23 '21 at 17:13
```popen()``` because of separate execute thread – Vasily Nov 23 '21 at 17:16
btw can ```open``` add file properties? – Vasily Nov 23 '21 at 17:16
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thanks for that information – Aaseer Nov 23 '21 at 17:16
is it work for you? – Vasily Nov 23 '21 at 17:17
Not as far as I know. – Barmar Nov 23 '21 at 17:18
What's the point of using a separate execution thread if you immediately wait for it with `p.read()`? Just use `os.system()`. – Barmar Nov 23 '21 at 17:19
Or even better, `subprocess.call()` so you don't have to worry about escaping special characters in the filename. – Barmar Nov 23 '21 at 17:19
thanks good advice – Vasily Nov 23 '21 at 17:20
No. it doesn't work for me – Aaseer Nov 25 '21 at 13:35

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