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Creating folder with a leading dot (.) makes folder as hidden folder

rohitbatta01 — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:54:23 GMT

I have started using alfresco 6 months ago to integrate it with an application using OpenCMIS java client. I have started using alfresco content services 5.2 community version for development.Recently, we have installed Alfresco content services community 6.1.1 to another machine and we have encount

Re: Creating folder with a leading dot (.) makes folder as hidden folder

afaust — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:03:17 GMT

The issue https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/MNT-14151 has introduced a configuration property to specify that the default hidden rule for leading dot-named files should be disabled. That property is named cmis.disable.hidden.leading.period.files - its default value is false, which is why by default those files will be hidden. Though this property will only affect how the file is presented via CMIS - in Share et all it will still be treated as hidden.

I am not sure how you have missed that feature in the older Alfresco version(s) - it has been around since ca. 2011 to deal with various file server (CIFS / FTP / WebDAV) issues due to operating systems / applications using mapped drives playing shell games with temporary hidden files during renames, and also creating metafiles, such as .DS_STORE or similar.

Re: Creating folder with a leading dot (.) makes folder as hidden folder

rohitbatta01 — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 08:48:19 GMT

Hi Axel Faust‌,

Thanks for your reply.

I have verified "alfresco-repository-5.2.g.jar", which is used in the older version and "alfresco-repository-7.22.jar" which is used in the later version 6.1.1. You are correct both have "cmis.disable.hidden.leading.period.files" property set to false in the repository.properties file.

Is it a difference in behavior due to disabling of some features, as I have disabled some modules via alfresco-global.properties.

Below, I am uploading customized alfresco-global.properties.

security.anyDenyDenies=false
smart.folders.enabled=false
system.enableTimestampPropagation=false
system.thumbnail.generate=false
system.usages.enabled=false
replication.enabled=false
audit.enabled=false
cifs.enabled=false
ftp.enabled=false
transferservice.receiver.enabled=false
audit.alfresco-access.enabled=false
audit.filter.alfresco-access.default.enabled=false
home.folder.creation.eager=false
alfresco.index.transformContent=false
alfresco.doPermissionChecks=false
system.acl.maxPermissionCheckTimeMillis=10000
system.acl.maxPermissionChecks=1000
server.maxusers=-1
system.usages.clearBatchSize=0

Can it be due to operating systems as the older version is installed on Windows and later version is installed on Linux?

Thanks,

Rohit

Re: Creating folder with a leading dot (.) makes folder as hidden folder

afaust — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:44:48 GMT

Not really. The behaviour of Alfresco itself (the internal handling of leading dots) is the same on any operating system. The only / major difference may depend on which client is used for WebDAV et al, as different clients (operating systems / applications) will treat network mapped drives in their own way - some may use temporary files with leading dots, some may not.

Re: Creating folder with a leading dot (.) makes folder as hidden folder

rohitbatta01 — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:46:54 GMT

Thanks, Axel Faust‌

I also think that it might be due to different clients (operating systems), as you mentioned above. As of now, I have added a property to override the default value.