Name
     mdir - display an MSDOS directory



Note of warning
     This manpage has been automatically generated from  mtools's
     texinfo  documentation,  and may not be entirely accurate or
     complete.  See the end of this man page for details.

Description
     The mdir command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its
     syntax is:

     mdir [-/] [-f] [-w] [-a] [-b] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]

     Mdir displays the contents of  MS-DOS  directories,  or  the
     entries for some MS-DOS files.

     Mdir supports the following command line options:

     /    Recursive output, just like Dos' -s option

     w     Wide  output.   With  this  option,  mdir  prints  the
          filenames  across  the page without displaying the file
          size or creation date.

     a    Also list hidden files.

     f    Fast.  Do not try to find out free  space.   On  larger
          disks,  finding  out  the amount of free space takes up
          some non trivial amount of time, as the whole FAT  must
          be  read  in  and  scanned.   The -f flag bypasses this
          step.  This flag is not needed  on  FAT32  filesystems,
          which store the size explicitely.

     b    Concise listing. Lists each directory name or filename,
          one  per  line (including the filename extension). This
          switch displays no heading information and no  summary.
          Only   a   newline   separated  list  of  pathnames  is
          displayed.

     An error occurs if a component of the path is not  a  direc-
     tory.

See Also
     Mtools' texinfo doc

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     *    To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc,  run
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                 ./configure; make html

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     *    To generate an info copy (browsable using  emacs'  info
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                 ./configure; make info



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