Here is a complete list of all the available switches for the DIR
command:
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP syntax
Displays
a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DIR
[drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
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[drive:][path][filename]
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Specifies drive, directory, and/or files
to list.
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attributes
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D Directories R Read-only files H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving S System files - Prefix meaning not |
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/B
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Uses bare format (no heading information
or summary).
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/C
|
Display the thousand separator in file
sizes. This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
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/D
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Same as wide but files are list sorted by
column.
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/L
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Uses lowercase.
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/N
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New long list format where filenames are
on the far right.
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/O
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List by files in sorted order.
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sortorder
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N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first) E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first) G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order |
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/P
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Pauses after each screenful of
information.
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/Q
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Display the owner of the file.
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/S
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Displays files in specified directory and
all subdirectories.
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/T
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Controls which time field displayed or
used for sorting
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timefield
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C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
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/W
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Uses wide list format.
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/X
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This displays the short names generated
for non-8dot3 file names. The format is that of /N with the short name
inserted before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.
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/4
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Displays four-digit years
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President
Valencia
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005
6:37 PM
To: RBG7-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Capturing
a listing of files in a directory and importing ...
Well,
there IS a better way if all you care about is
getting the names of the files without the dates
and times.
Use: dir /b
Karen
<<
output tempfile.txt
dir
output scr
Is there a better way?
>>
No, this is the standard way of loading a directory listing in R:Base.
Make
sure to use a TEMP table to load the listing in to, so it will be multi-user
safe.
Alternatively, you could write a plug in, UDF, or Win UDF to return your
results in a comma-delimited string (as long as you know you will not go over
4K characters in the result.
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