`DisplayAll` should be able to display Windows System attribute folder

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#1,164 opened on Oct 11, 2025 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Description

os: Windows 11
lsd --version: 1.1.5
echo $TERM:
echo $LS_COLORS:

Expected behavior

My AppData\Local folder has been set to System attributes by Windows (I guess it happens when we declare session as developer mode).

Actual behavior

➜  AppData lsd -la
d--h- ? ?   0 B  Fri Sep 26 04:54:22 2025  .
d---- ? ?  12 KB Fri Oct 10 22:18:24 2025  ..
d---- ? ?   0 B  Fri Sep 26 16:48:31 2025  LocalLow
d---- ? ? 4.0 KB Mon Oct  6 12:10:27 2025  Roaming

using dir :

➜  AppData ✗ dir /A S .
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 2E95-E141

 Directory of C:\Users\pcorbineau\AppData


 Directory of C:\Users\pcorbineau\AppData

26/09/2025  04:54    <DIR>          .
10/10/2025  22:18    <DIR>          ..
09/10/2025  14:35    <DIR>          Local
26/09/2025  16:48    <DIR>          LocalLow
06/10/2025  12:10    <DIR>          Roaming
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               5 Dir(s)  1,217,796,255,744 bytes free

using dir without System attribute

➜  AppData dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 2E95-E141

 Directory of C:\Users\pcorbineau\AppData

10/10/2025  22:18    <DIR>          ..
26/09/2025  16:48    <DIR>          LocalLow
06/10/2025  12:10    <DIR>          Roaming
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  1,217,796,165,632 bytes free

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Research direction

Reproduce the report on Windows 11 with lsd -la in a directory containing a System-attribute folder, then compare it with dir /A S . and dir. Trace how DisplayAll handles Windows file attributes; done means the System-attribute Local folder appears in the listing without changing the behavior of ordinary listings.

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Assessment

Tech stack: rust
Domain: cli, operating-systems
Issue type: Bug
Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Activity status: Stale
Clarity: Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness: 45/100