-hide_dot_files Set this option to 1 if you want to hide files
- beginning with a dot (e.g. ".htaccess") in directory
- listing.
+hide_dot_files Set this option to 1 if you want to hide files or
+ directories beginning with a dot (e.g. ".htaccess") in
+ directory listing.
+ The files are just hidden in the directory listing,
+ you can still access them typing the name into the
+ "Go to directory/file" box.