User`s guide

DIRECTORY
Command Options for Interchange Directories
/BRIEF
/DOS
/OWNER:[nnn,nnn]
/WAIT
/INTERCHANGE
/WAIT
/TOPS
/WAIT
/FAST
/OUTPUT:filespec
/ALLOCATE:size
/PRINTER
/TERMINAL
Parameter
filespec[s]
Specifies the device, file, or group of files whose directory information you request.
Using commas to separate the file specifications, you can specify up to six file
specifications; but using wildcards in the file specifications, you can specify as
many files as there are on a disk.
The default parameter (without specifying a file) is all the files on device DK.
Description
The DIRECTORY command lists the information you request about the files stored
on a device. For example, you can list the number, names, size, protection status,
and creation dates of files stored on a device; and you can list these files in several
ways from alphabetical to chronological.
Organization of Directory Listings
Normally, the DIRECTORY command displays listings in two columns on the
terminal. Read these listings as you would read a book; read across the columns,
moving from left to right, one row at a time.
Directory listings that are sorted (with /ALPHABETIZE, /ORDER, or /SORT) are
an exception to this. Read these listings as you would a telephone directory, by
reading the left column from top to bottom, then reading the right column from top
to bottom.
Specifying a Date with a DIRECTORY Option
Some DIRECTORY options accept a date or part of a date as an argument. The
format for specifying the date is:
[dd][:mmm][:yy]
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