Hi All
It appears that if a directory exists with the same name as the file
one is searching for, the directory listing is terminated early without
error.
I was searching for a files named "Q" with no extension. I used the
commands "DIR Q /S /B" and "DIR Q. /S /B", but it only revealed files in
a directory named "Q".
An example directory structure is shown below. Note that most of the
file names below do not have extensions. The file named "Q" appears in
all the subdirectories.
I was puzzled and decided to dig a little further. Is this correct
behaviour for the DIR command or a misunderstanding on my part about
file name matching? Perhaps an anomaly or a bug? I have tried various
DOS's with the same result, the DIR command being an internal one. I
have also tried XCOPY and XXCOPY with the "/L" option and it also only
finds the files in the "Q" directory. Any thoughts as to what's going on?
John
Directory of f:\a12\*.*
[.] [..] [J] [Q] [Q.A]
[Q1] [TS]
Directory of f:\a12\j\*.*
[.] [..] Q
Directory of f:\a12\q\*.*
[.] [..] Q Q.A Q.ASM
Q1 Q12
Directory of f:\a12\q.a\*.*
[.] [..] Q Q.A
Directory of f:\a12\q1\*.*
[.] [..] Q Q.A Q99
Directory of f:\a12\ts\*.*
[.] [..] Q Q.A Q.ASM
Entering the command below gives the following result.
F:\>DIR Q /S /B
f:\a12\q\Q
f:\a12\q\Q.A
f:\a12\q\Q.ASM
f:\a12\q\Q1
f:\a12\q\Q12
The Q file is only found in the Q directory.
Same result as above with:-
F:\>DIR Q. /S /B
Typing command:
F:\>DIR Q.? /S /B
Gives this result.
f:\a12\Q
f:\a12\Q.A
f:\a12\j\Q
f:\a12\q\Q
f:\a12\q\Q.A
f:\a12\q.a\Q
f:\a12\q.a\Q.A
f:\a12\q1\Q
f:\a12\q1\Q.A
f:\a12\ts\Q
f:\a12\ts\Q.A
The Q file is now found in all the subdirectories.
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