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Subject: Re: files and directories distinction:
In-Reply-To: Message from Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com>
   of "Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:24:23 PDT." <5 DOT 1 DOT 0 DOT 14 DOT 2 DOT 20020716181943 DOT 02f39e88 AT pop3 DOT cris DOT com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:30:44 -0500
From: Jon Cast <jcast AT ou DOT edu>

Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com> wrote:
> Aldi,

> I don't know about "dir," which is a Windows / DOS-ism,

Actually, from GNU/Linux:

$ which dir
/usr/bin/dir

`dir' is a GNU program which is equivalent to `ls -C -b'.  I don't
know whether he meant the dir in command.com or GNU dir, but `dir' is
not just a DOS-ism.  (Sorry, I'm just feeling feisty today.)

<snip>

> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA

Jon Cast

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