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The \f(CWmdir command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its syntax is:
\fR\f(CWmdir [\f(CW-/] [\f(CW-f] [\f(CW-w] [\f(CW-a] [\f(CW-b] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]
\fR\f(CWMdir displays the contents of MS-DOS directories, or the entries for some MS-DOS files.
\fR\f(CWMdir supports the following command line options:
\fR\f(CW/ Recursive output, just like Dos' \f(CW-s option
\fR\f(CWw Wide output. With this option, \f(CWmdir prints the filenames across the page without displaying the file size or creation date.
\fR\f(CWa Also list hidden files.
\fR\f(CWf 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(CW-f flag bypasses this step. This flag is not needed on FAT32 filesystems, which store the size explicitely.
\fR\f(CWb 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.
* To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi.lp \fR
* To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html.lp \fRA premade html can be found at \fR\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is
* To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info.lp \fR
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.