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- COMMAND: DIR (Directory)
-
- FUNCTION: Lists information on all or only selected entries in a directory.
-
- FORMAT: DIR [d:][path][filename[.ext]][/P][/W]
-
- TYPE: DOS internal command
-
- REMARKS: /P causes the display to pause when the screen is full.
- /W produces a wide display of the directory, including only the
- file names and directory names.
- Information listed includes the volume name,the amount of free space
- left on the disk,and for each file, the size in decimal bytes and
- the time and date it was last written to. Global filename characters
- may be used. If no directory is specified, the current directory is
- used. Sub-directories are listed with the extension <DIR>. The two
- special directory entries,. and .., refer to the current directory
- and to the parent directory, respectively, and may be used as the
- arguement of DIR.