Hidden Folder - Possibilities

[joejmp]

Please advise me on the possibilities that I can set up a fold next to the public_html or in side the public_html that is hidden to all FTP users loading to the site - I want to load application file that a reseller can not view or donwload.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely JMP

[LeeJ]

create the directory with a ".".
example: .mydirectory

This does not guarantee that they cannot get to the file.

chown root.root filename
chmod 700 filename

or something close to the above.