Lists the directory for DOS files.
dosdir [ -l [ -e ] ] [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -D Device ] [ File ... | Directory ... ]
The dosdir command displays information about the specified DOS files or directories. If you specify a directory without also specifying the -d flag, the dosdir command displays information about the files in that directory.
DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Since the \ (backslash) character can have special meaning to the operating system, use a / (slash) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name. The dosdir command converts lowercase characters in the file or directory name to uppercase before it checks the disk. Because all file names are assumed to be full (not relative) path names, you need not add the initial / (slash).
| -a | Writes information about all files. This includes hidden and system files as well as the . (dot) and .. (dot-dot) files. |
| -d | Treats the File value as a file, even if a directory is specified. When a directory is specified with the Directory parameter, information about the directory itself is listed instead of information about the files it contains. |
| -DDevice | Specifies the name of the DOS device as /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd1. The default device is /dev/fd0. |
| -e | Uses the -l flag to write the list of clusters allocated to the file. |
| -l | Produces a list of clusters that includes the creation date, size in bytes, and attributes of the file. The size of a subdirectory is specified as 0 bytes. The attributes have the following meanings: |
| -t | Lists the entire directory tree starting at the named directory. |
| -v | Writes information to standard output about the format of the disk. Use this flag to verify that a device is a DOS disk. |
To read a directory of the DOS files on /dev/fd0, enter:
dosdir
The command returns the names of the files and disk-space information.
PG3-25.TXT PG4-25.TXT PG5-25.TXT PG6-25.TXT Free space: 312320 bytes
To read a directory of the DOS files on /dev/fd1, enter:
dosdir -D/dev/fd1
The command returns the names of the files and disk-space information.
PG7-25.TXT PG8-25.TXT PG9-25.TXT PG10-25.TXT Free space: 312320 bytes
| /usr/bin/dosdir | Contains the dosdir command. |
The dosdel command, dosformat command, dosread command, doswrite command.
Files Overview in AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices describes files, file types, and how to name files.