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- NAME
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- Dir
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- FORMAT
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- DIR [<dir|pattern>] [OPT A|I|AI|D|F] [ALL] [DIRS] [FILES] [INTER]
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- PURPOSE
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- To display a sorted list of the files in a directory.
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- SPECIFICATION
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- DIR displays the file and directory names contained in the specified
- directory, or the current directory if no name is given. Directories
- are listed first, followed by an alphabetical list of the files in
- two columns. Pressing Ctrl-C aborts a directory listing.
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- OPTIONS
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- ALL Displays all subdirectories and their files.
- DIRS Displays only directories.
- FILES Displays only files.
- INTER Enters an interactive mode.
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- Note: The ALL, DIRS, FILES and INTER keywords supersede the
- OPT A, D, F and I options, respectively. The older
- keywords are retained for compatibility with earlier
- versions of AmigaDOS. Do not use OPT with the full keywords
- ALL, DIRS, FILES, INTER.
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- The interactive listing mode stops after each name and displays a
- question mark at which you can enter commands. Responses are shown
- below:
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- Return Displays the next name on the list.
- E Enters a directory; the files in that
- directory will be displayed.
- B Goes back one directory level.
- DEL or DELETE Deletes a file or empty directory.
- T Types the contents of a file.
- C or COMMAND Allows you to enter additional AmigaDOS
- commands.
- Q Quits interactive editing.
- ? Displays a list of the available
- interactive-mode commands.
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- The COMMAND option allows almost any AmigaDOS command to be executed
- during the interactive directory list. When you want to issue a
- command, type C (or COM) at the question-mark prompt. DIR will ask
- you for the command. Type the desired command, then press Return.
- The command willbe executed and DIR will continue. You can also combine
- the C and the command on one line, by putting the command in quotes
- following the C.
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- For instance, C "type prefs.info HEX" is equivalent to pressing Q to
- exit interactive listing mode and return to a regular Shell prompt and
- typing: TYPE prefs.info HEX.
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- Note: It is dangerous to format a disk from the DIR interactive mode,
- as the format will take place immediately, without any
- confirmation requesters appearing. Also, starting another
- interactive DIR from interactive mode will result in garbled
- output.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1> DIR Workbench2.0:
- displays a list of the directories and files on the Workbench2.0 disk.
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- 1> DIR MyDisk:#?.memo
- displays all the directories and files on MyDisk that end in .memo.
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- BUGS
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- NONE.
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- AUTHOR
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- Commodore Business Machines. This program is provided with your Amiga
- Workbench disks. It can be found in your C: directory.
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- This man page was written by:
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- Markus Hillenbrand
- Weserstrasse 9
- 36124 Eichenzell-Loeschenrod
- Germany
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- E-mail: m_hillen@informatik.uni-kl.de
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- SEE ALSO
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- List (AmigaDOS), ls (UNIX-like)
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