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CHAPTER 9
9.
DIR COMMAND
The
DIR
command
displays
MDOS
file
names
from the
directory.
The entire directory or selective parts
or
i t
may
be
displayed.
Options
exist
for
displaying
an
entire
directory
entry,
its
allocation
in~ormation,
and
for
dire~ting
the output to the printer.
9. 1
Use
The
D!R
command
is invoked with the following command
1 ine:
DIR «name>] Li<options>J
where <name> can specify a speciric rile name or a family
of
rile
names.
The
<options/ field can be one or more of the
follo~ing
option letters:
Option
Functi~n
L
Direct output to line printer.
s
E
A
:ton c 1 u d e
f
i 1 e
n
a
m
e
s
.
UI
i t
h
the
"system
l l
attribute when displaying a family.
Display
the
entire directory entry
fo~
each
fi le name.
Display the associated allocation information
along with the entire dir@ctory
ent~~.
Whenever
the
DIR
command
is
invoked,
regardless of
options or file name specifications,
the drive number and the
ID
from
the diskette in the specified or default drive
~ill
be displayed as
a
heading.
This
heading
will
serve
to
identify
the
subsequent
output.
The
heading
has
the
following format:
DRIVE
i
DISK I. D.
xxxxxxxx
wh~re
"i"
UJill be the logical unit number zero,
one,
two.
OT'
t
h
T'
ee, an d " x x x x x x x x"
til
i
11 bet h e e
i
g h t - c h a rae t e rID t hat wa s
assigned to the diskette via the DOSGEN command (Chapter
10)
or the BACKUP command' (Chapter 3>'
Normally,
u.lithout
the
presence
of
any
options,
the
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