Msdos hidden files viewable from linux?

[worley at world.std.com (Dale R Worley)]

   From: "Jerry Feldman, USG-DE, ZKO3-3/Y25, DTN:381-2970" <gaf at zk3.dec.com>

   WRT: DOS bits.

   Albert, how do you plan to preserve the hidden and system bits in
   the case where files are backed up and them restored. Maybe,
   instead of (or in addition to) using the leading '.', maybe you
   could set the setuid, and setgid bits which otherwise have no
   meaning for a umsdos partition.

Perhaps the names of files that have special bits should get prefixed
by '.'  followed by a character that encodes the special bits.

Dale