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> From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:58:28 GMT
> 
> I think the algorith for ls.exe might be optimized so that it can
> display some processed files and directory first, not wait till all
> files are processed.

ls.exe cannot possibly do that because it sorts the files according to
some criterion (by default, the file name).  How can it possibly sort
the files before it has them all?

> dir can display the file and directory, "ls" cannot tell the difference 
> between file and direcotry in the display. thus, "ls -F" is preferred. 
> but it is too slow to use for directory with thousandss of files.

If all you need is to know whether a file is a directory, then ls.exe
is not the best tool for that.  Use test.exe from Sh-utils, or
find.exe from Findutils.  They are much faster for this kind of job.