Re: [Mingw-msys] Directory Listing

[Tuomo L. <dj...@ik...>]

Hugh McMaster wrote:
> I just wanted to check whether Msys supported using the 'dir' command
> to display directory items, like the command 'ls'.

I'm not sure because I have GnuWin's dir in my path and can't be
bothered to start editing it.
However, being not quite as lazy as you, I did check the /bin/ directory.
It does not contain dir.exe. What does this tell you?


> If not, can the ls.exe file just be copied and renamed to dir.exe?

Who's to stop you?
You can also create an alias for it in bash.

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html


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Tuomo

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