Minix2.0/man/man1/dosdir.1

.TH DOSDIR 1
.SH NAME
dosdir \- list an MS-DOS directory [IBM]
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdosdir\fR [\fB\-lr\fR] \fIdrive\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH OPTIONS
.FL "\-l" "Long listing"
.FL "\-r" "Recursively descend and print subdirectories"
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "dosdir \-l A" "List root directory on drive A"
.EX "dosdir \-r C x/y" "Recursively list directory \fIx/y\fR"
.EX "dosdir \-r fd1" "List device \fI/dev/fd1\fR"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Dosdir
reads standard IBM PC diskettes or hard disk partitions in
\s-2MS-DOS\s+2 format and lists their contents on standard output.
Directory names should contain slashes to separate components, even though
\s-2MS-DOS\s+2 uses backslashes.
The names
.I dosdir ,
.I dosread ,
and 
.I doswrite
are all links to the same program.
The program sees which function to perform by seeing how it was called.
A drive code of
.I A
causes the program to use \fI/dev/dosA\fR, for example, 
a link to \fI/dev/fd0\fR.
Similarly, to have hard disk partition 1 be DOS drive C, \fI/dev/dosC\fR 
could be a link to \fI/dev/hd1\fR, and so on for other drive codes.
A normal device name may also be used instead of a drive code.