As I mentioned in the earlier thread [1], to get the format I think
you're after you need to use 2 1 as the left argmument (i.e 2 1 dir ''
).

[1] http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2011-February/034354.html

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:
> The J7 supplied function "dir" (from stdlib) behaves differently from the
> simple version I was using in J6 (dir=: 1!:0@<) - the J7 version does not
> return directories if used with the left argument "2".  I had thought that
> over-riding "dir_z_" by defining "dir=: 2&dir_z_" would get me the behavior
> I was used to where the result is a handy five-column array of directory
> info but, since it fails to include directories, I'll have to revert to my
> old definition as it's much handier.  It's unfortunate to be thwarted in my
> attempts to clean up my act and use standard, supplied functions where
> possible but at least the old, simple definition remains compatible.
>
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