Enter a hidden directory

[Marco <lists homerow info>]

Hi,

I intended to copy some files from a ZFS snapshot to my current
machine. However, I couldn't find a way to do this with mc. The
situation is as follows:

1) I use the “SFTP link” to connect to the server. This means I can
only use the panels, since the built in shell or <ctrl-O>
unfortunately does not work on shell links.

2) The snapshots are stored in a hidden directory called “.zfs”. The
hidden part is not the that it starts with a dot, but that it
doesn't show up with “ls -a”. However, you can successfully
“cd .zfs” into it.

How can I copy a file from this directory to my current host using
mc? I can't use “cd .zfs” because shell commands are not supported.
It doesn't show up in the panels (no, even <M-.> does not help) and
I can't launch mc on the server and “SFTP” into my local machine,
since mc is not installed on the remote host.

Any ideas?

Best wishes…
Marco