how can I hide a single file in 10.6?

[build]

I have installed everything fine and it's working great.

 

I only have one small superficial problem.

 

I have a boot file in the root of the drive which is not hidden. Is there a terminal command or a way this can be hidden? If I show hide files it shows all the hidden files. For some reason the boot is not marked hidden?

 

To clarify this is drive structure

 

Applications

boot (how can I hide this?)

Extra

Library

System

Users

 

I have tried to use the hide folders app to hide it http://www.altomac.com/hide_folders/ but the system would not boot. Must change the file name?

[build]

I have installed everything fine and it's working great.

 

I only have one small superficial problem.

 

I have a boot file in the root of the drive which is not hidden. Is there a terminal command or a way this can be hidden? If I show hide files it shows all the hidden files. For some reason the boot is not marked hidden?

 

To clarify this is drive structure

 

Applications

boot (how can I hide this?)

Extra

Library

System

Users

 

I have tried to use the hide folders app to hide it http://www.altomac.com/hide_folders/ but the system would not boot. Must change the file name?

 

 

Ok after a search on google I found you can just flag a file hidden, without changing the name.

 

open terminal

 

type sudo su

 

enter your password

 

then type

 

chflags hidden

 

do not press enter yet. press space. then drag the folder you want to hide to the terminal window.

 

the resulting line should look like this

 

chflags hidden path/to/folder

 

where path/to/folder is the unix path to the folder you want to hide.

 

press enter. that will hide the folder.

 

to unhide it use

 

 

chflags nohidden path/to/folder

 

 

The boot file is now hidden and the install still boots. I also have hidden the extra directory for Chameleon too to make the root of the drive look a little cleaner.