Trac does not see /opt for attaching files

[Lenore Horner]

> On May 15, 2017, at 18:48, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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>> On May 15, 2017, at 14:53, Lenore Horner <LenoreHorner at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>> On May 15, 2017, at 13:56, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 12:03, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, 16 May 2017, Joshua Root wrote:
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>>>>> You can hit cmd-shift-. to show hidden files and folders in open/save 
>>>>> dialogs.
>>>> 
>>>> The question is of course why is /opt hidden in the first place?  This 
>>>> smacks of the M$ "you don't need to know this" attitude.
>>> 
>>> I thought we were hiding it, but it's not hidden on my systems and I can't find anywhere in the Makefile or postflight script where it's being hidden, so I must've imagined it.
>>> 
>> /opt (and other things like files beginning with . /Library) are hidden by the OS by default but it’s pretty easy to find instructions on how to turn the hiding off or make a script to toggle hiding.  My guess is Ryan turned the hiding off entirely on his system.  
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> /opt is visible on all the systems I've checked, even those that are not configured to show invisible items.
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> The OS does not have any idea what /opt is or that it should be hidden, unless someone told it to be that way. Apple for example told /Library to be that way as of Lion. I thought we made /opt hidden, but I can't find any evidence of that now.
> 
/opt is not visible on my system (I usually us cmd-shift-G) even though files I have set the hidden flag for are currently showing in my save dialog box (but not things starting with .). The only directories visible at that level are /Applications /Library /System /Users.  However, ~/Library is hidden. 

Info at https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSystemOverview/FileSystemOverview.html <https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSystemOverview/FileSystemOverview.html> sounds to me like MacOS may hide /opt by default even if doesn’t start with a /opt directory.  It’s not really clear.



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