Name

       mdir - display an MSDOS directory

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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 MS-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 file systems, which store the size
              explicitly.

       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

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