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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: latest ls.exe version in XP problem
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:42:10 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp,
"one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

In general, read: http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main.htm

>Just noticed several issues about ls.exe. Any help is appreciated.
>
>For the latest ls.exe under Windows XP, there are three issues.
>
>1) under a directory with one thousand files,
>run command "ls -F" will take 1 minute to start to display the files and 
>directory. using "ls" has no such long delay. using "dir" has no such a 
>problem either.

ls -F has to do a stat call for each name to find out whether it's a
directory, executable, link, or normal file: this may involve two
directory lookups per name, and maybe other system calls, before
sorting and displaying the information. Try dir /o:n for speed
comparison. 

>2) there is no way to use ls.exe to display files in Windows network path?
>
>I can use the command
>   dir \\my_workgroup_machine_name\directory_name
>
>the following doesn't seem to work.
>   ls \\\\my_workgroup_machine_name\\directory_name

Map it to a drive letter with:
	net use x: \\my_workgroup_machine_name\directory_name
then use the drive letter. 

>3) ls xxxx_xx_200409292300.* doesn't work

NTVDM does not support long file names. Install NTlfn package before
installing DJGPP:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2misc/ntlfn08b.zip 

If you want Windows capabilities, install CygWin not DJGPP:
http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brian DOT Inglis AT CSi DOT com 	(Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab[dot]ca)
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