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6       mdir - display an MSDOS directory
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Note of warning

11       This  manpage  has  been  automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
12       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.   See  the
13       end of this man page for details.
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Description

16       The mdir command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its syntax is:
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18       mdir [-/] [-f] [-w] [-a] [-b] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]
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20       Mdir  displays  the  contents of MS-DOS directories, or the entries for
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23       Mdir supports the following command line options:
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25       /      Recursive output, just like MS-DOS' -s option
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27       w      Wide output.  With this option, mdir prints the filenames across
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32       f      Fast.   Do  not  try  to  find out free space.  On larger disks,
33              finding out the amount of free space takes up some  non  trivial
34              amount  of  time,  as the whole FAT must be read in and scanned.
35              The -f flag bypasses this step.  This  flag  is  not  needed  on
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38       b      Concise  listing. Lists each directory name or filename, one per
39              line (including the filename extension). This switch displays no
40              heading  information  and  no  summary. Only a newline separated
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See Also

46       Mtools' texinfo doc
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Viewing the texi doc

49       This manpage has been automatically  generated  from  mtools's  texinfo
50       documentation.  However,  this  process is only approximative, and some
51       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in  this
52       translation process.  Indeed, these items have no appropriate represen‐
53       tation in the manpage format.  Moreover, not all information  has  been
54       translated into the manpage version.  Thus I strongly advise you to use
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