mdir - display an MSDOS directory

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

CWmdir [CW-/] [CW-f] [CW-w] [CW-a] [CW-b] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]

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

CWMdir supports the following command line options:

CW/

Recursive output, just like Dos' CW-s option

CWw

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

CWa

Also list hidden files.

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 CW-f flag bypasses this step. This flag is not needed on FAT32 filesystems, which store the size explicitely.

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.

Mtools' texinfo doc

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