var Ci = Components.interfaces; var Cc = Components.classes; const NS_OS_TEMP_DIR = "TmpD"; const CWD = do_get_cwd(); var hiddenUnixFile; function createUNIXHiddenFile() { var dirSvc = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"].getService(Ci.nsIProperties); var tmpDir = dirSvc.get(NS_OS_TEMP_DIR, Ci.nsIFile); hiddenUnixFile = tmpDir.clone(); hiddenUnixFile.append(".foo"); // we don't care if this already exists because we don't care // about the file's contents (just the name) if (!hiddenUnixFile.exists()) hiddenUnixFile.create(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0o666); return hiddenUnixFile.exists(); } function run_test() { // Skip this test on Windows if (mozinfo.os == "win") return; do_check_true(createUNIXHiddenFile()); do_check_true(hiddenUnixFile.isHidden()); }