mdir(1)								      mdir(1)



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 directory.


See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

Viewing the texi doc
       This manpage has been automatically generated  from  mtools's  texinfo
       documentation.  However,	 this process is only approximative, and some
       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this
       translation  process.   Indeed, these items have no appropriate repre-
       sentation in the manpage format.	 Moreover, not	all  information  has
       been  translated into the manpage version.  Thus I strongly advise you
       to use the original texinfo doc.	 See the  end  of  this	 manpage  for
       instructions how to view the texinfo doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the fol-
	      lowing commands:

		     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi



       *      To generate a html copy,	run:

		     ./configure; make html

	      A premade html can be found  at:	'http://mtools.linux.lu'  and
	      also at: 'http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'

       *      To  generate  an	info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
	      run:

		     ./configure; make info



       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.  Indeed, in
       the  info  version  certain  examples are difficult to read due to the
       quoting conventions used in info.




mtools-3.9.9			   03Mar03			      mdir(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. display
2. man
3. file
4. find
5. free
6. time
7. as
8. which
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