python os.listdir() shows protected files

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1212...

Question links:
[which doesn't show up in the command prompt]: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34696560/python...
[the files show up once I uncheck "Hide protected operating system files"]: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34696560/python...
[How to ignore hidden files using os.listdir()?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7099...

Accepted answer links:
[pywin32]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/.../
[here]: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/3033.../
[Checking file attributes in python]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6598...
[here]: http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#o...
[stat]: http://docs.python.org/library/stat.html
[(python) meaning of st_mode]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4087...
[How can I get a file's permission mask?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5337...-

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