Hidden files "invisible" to FTP clients

This has bothered me for a while so I thought I should bring it up.

No matter what I do, or which FTP client I use, hidden files (files beginning with a period [.]) never appear in the directory listing.

Neither hidden files nor hidden directories appear, I tested it with numerous files (and directories) as I had thought that perhaps only .htaccess wasn't appearing. I should note that I have looked around the internet and turned on showing hidden files in both my FTP clients, fireftp and filezilla.

The problem makes it difficult to edit hidden files (as simple updates I usually do by editing the files through my ftp client. It also means I can't make backups of hidden files through ftp, meaning they only get backed up when I do a full site backup through the control panel, which isn’t preferable (or regular).

In any case, it would appear that hidden files are not being shown due to something on the server side, which hopefully you can do something about, or at least look at.

An FTP program not showing files is client side (on your computer) not on the server side. There might be a setting you are missing in your FTP program. Also, are you sure those files are really on the server?

I am 100% certain that the .htaccess is in my main domains root, and that there is this file [link] and this directory [link] which i used to as a test. None of these show up in either of my ftp clients both of which are set to show hidden files.

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To prove that it's not working on on FireFTP I uploaded this image [link] of FireFTP not displaying hidden files with "show hidden files" on.

Originally Posted by tdj

I am 100% certain that the .htaccess is in my main domains root, and that there is this file and this directory which i used to as a test. None of these show up in either of my ftp clients both of which are set to show hidden files.

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To prove that it's not working on on FireFTP I uploaded this image [link] of FireFTP not displaying hidden files with "show hidden files" on.

You do not have an .htaccess file in your directory.
The only file in the testhiddenfiles folder is the picture.

You do not have an .htaccess file in your directory.
The only file in the testhiddenfiles folder is the picture.

Sorry that I may have written that last post poorly.
I have a .htaccess file at my main domain (the one I use the most) where I actually have a site, muntedmedia.com.

testhiddenfiles has that image, a directory starting with a period and a text file starting with a period, I linked them in my previous post.