mdir(1)

Name
mdir - display an MSDOS directory

Note
This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, this items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to each command have been translated, and the general information about mtools has been dropped in the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc.

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Description

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

mdir [-w] msdosdirectory

mdir [-f] [-w] [-a] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]

Mdir displays the contents of an MS-DOS directory.

Mdir supports the following command line options:

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

a   Also list hidden files.

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

An error occurs if a component of the path is not a directory.

See Also
Mtools' texinfo doc