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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man1/mdir.1 b/upstream/archlinux/man1/mdir.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e00daf11 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man1/mdir.1 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +'\" t +.TH mdir 1 "21Mar23" mtools-4.0.43 +.SH Name +mdir - display an MSDOS directory +'\" t +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. + +.tr \(is' +.tr \(if` +.tr \(pd" + +.SH Note\ of\ warning +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the +end of this man page for details. +.PP +.SH Description +.PP +The \fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its +syntax is: +.PP +\&\fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-/\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-f\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-a\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-b\fR] \fImsdosfile\fR [ \fImsdosfiles\fR\&...] +.PP +\&\fR\&\f(CWMdir\fR +displays the contents of MS-DOS directories, or the entries for some +MS-DOS files. +.PP +\&\fR\&\f(CWMdir\fR supports the following command line options: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CW/\fR\ +Recursive output, just like MS-DOS' \fR\&\f(CW-s\fR option +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWw\fR\ +Wide output. With this option, \fR\&\f(CWmdir\fR prints the filenames across +the page without displaying the file size or creation date. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWa\fR\ +Also list hidden files. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWf\fR\ +Fast. Do not try to find out free space. On larger disks, finding out +the amount of free space takes up some non trivial amount of time, as +the whole FAT must be read in and scanned. The \fR\&\f(CW-f\fR flag bypasses +this step. This flag is not needed on FAT32 file systems, which store +the size explicitly. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWb\fR\ +Concise listing. Lists each directory name or filename, one per line +(including the filename extension). This switch displays no heading +information and no summary. Only a newline separated list of pathnames +is displayed. +.PP +An error occurs if a component of the path is not a directory. +.PP +.SH See\ Also +Mtools' texinfo doc +.SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some +items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this +translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate +representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has +been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to +use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for +instructions how to view the texinfo doc. +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following +commands: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a html copy, run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make html +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fRA premade html can be found at +\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make info +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.PP +The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in +the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the +quoting conventions used in info. +.PP |