View/Hide /opt folder from Finder

[Mark Anderson]

If you've Setfile -a V, you can Cmd-Shift-Period from the Open/Save
Dialog, and it will show hidden files.  (10.6 only)

Mark

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Steven Rogers <srogers1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:15 AM, Luís Beça wrote:
>
>> How can I View/Hide the /opt folder from Finder? I have a laptop with
>> macports installed
>> that for some reason does not display the /opt folder in the Finder...
>
> You can temporarily get around it by just going to Finder => Go => Go to
> folder . . .   and typing in /opt  - that will give you a finder window.
> There are ways to change the defaults for what is hidden and what isn't. If
> you want to change visibility permanently - give it a google. I think there
> are some apps which provide an easy interface for it. I just use
> shift-command-G which usually has /opt/local or ~/.ssh already in it . . .
>
> SR
>
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