.TH mdir 1 "29jun97" mtools-3.7
.SH Name
mdir - display an MSDOS directory
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.SH Note
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translation process.  Indeed, this items have no appropriate
representation in the manpage format.  Moreover, only the items specific
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mtools has been dropped in the manpage version.  Thus I strongly advise
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.SH Description
.iX "p mdir"
.iX "c Read-only files (listing them)"
.iX "c Listing a directory"
.iX "c Directory listing"
.PP
The \fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its
syntax is:
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\&\fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] \fImsdosdirectory\fR
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\&\fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-f\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-a\fR] \fImsdosfile\fR [ \fImsdosfiles\fR\&...] 
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\&\fR\&\f(CWMdir\fR
displays the contents of an MS-DOS directory.
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\&\fR\&\f(CWMdir\fR supports the following command line options:
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\&\fR\&\f(CWw\fR\ 
Wide output.  With this option, \fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR prints the filenames across
the page without displaying the file size or creation date.
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\&\fR\&\f(CWa\fR\ 
Also list hidden files.
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\&\fR\&\f(CWf\fR\ 
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 \fR\&\f(CW-f\fR flag bypasses
this step.  This flag is not needed on FAT32 filesystems, which store
the size explicitely.
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An error occurs if a component of the path is not a directory.
.SH See Also
Mtools' texinfo doc