Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 16:26:18 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: dir.exe in c:\djgpp\bin
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On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> Since dir is an INTERNAL dos command which should override anything
> external, how could the command in c:\djgpp\bin\ -- dir.exe 102,400
> [a big one] ever be called up?

Yes, it will be called.  See the documentation of the library
functions `system' and of the `spawn*' family in the libc reference.

> Is there any way this dir can be used on a dos machine? Or what is it for?

Inside Emacs, type `M-! dir -F RET' and observe ;-).