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Description
It's an MSX-DOS 1 tool created by Stefan Danes. You can find it on Dragon Disk 02.
Command
Effect
Displays the names of files (and folders) on disk with additional infos:
- size of each file, date for each file, time for each file, type of file (BASIC, Binary, Data, MSX-DOS, Text, etc..)
- for the binary files: start address, end address, execution address (in hexadecimal form)
- total number of files, number of free bytes on the disk
Note: Under MSX-DOS 2 / Nextor, this tool can only display the files (and folders) of the folder in which you have put it.
Syntax
XDIR <Device>:<Filename>
All parameters are optional.
Parameters
<Device> is the name for used device. It can only be a disk drive.
If you don't specify the drive, the computer will display the names of the files on the currently active drive (by default, it's drive A:)
| Device type | Device name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Disk drive | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H | A floppy disk interface can control until 2 drives. |
<Filename> is the file name to display. Wildcards can replace some characters in file name to get several files and/or folders. The asterisk (*) and question mark (?) are used as wildcard characters. The asterisk matches any sequence of characters, whereas the question mark matches any single character.
Examples
A>XDIR B:A>XDIR C:*.COM
Related to
Environment
- MSX1 and higher
- MSX-DOS 1 / MSX-DOS 2 / Nextor