NAME
dndir - Display VMS directories
SYNOPSIS
dndir [options] directory
Options:
[-sdpbolcntVh] [-w width] [-f filename width]
DESCRIPTION
dndir displays the contents of directories on VMS systems.
It behaves similarly to the ls command in that, by default, it will
display filenames in columns across the screen if the output is a TTY
or in a single column otherwise. Options can be added to the command
line to display more information about the files or to adjust the
column widths.
The directory name should be in the usual transparent DECnet format of
node"user password"::directory (see EXAMPLES ). If a wildcard
specification is omitted from the command line then *.*;* is assumed.
As with the dncopy and dntype commands, the VMS file specification
should be enclosed in single quote marks to protect special characters
from the shell.
OPTIONS
-s Shows the VMS file size in 512-byte blocks or bytes if the -b
switch is present.
-d Shows the file creation date.
-p Shows the file protection.
-o Shows the file’s owner.
-b Shows the file size in bytes rather than 512 byte blocks
-l Long format - shows all of the above (including the file size in
bytes)
-t Show the total number of blocks in all the files listed. Note
that this works even if you did not ask for the size to be
displayed.
-T connect timeout
Specifies the maximum amount of time the command will wait to
establish a connection with the remote node. a 0 here will cause
it to wait forever. The default is 60 seconds
-e Show (nearly) everything about the file. Like DIR/FULL
-n Do not show the header line with the VMS directory name on it.
This is useful for embedding dndir in a pipeline.
-c Force the output to single column even on a TTY.
-w N Sets the width of a column to be N characters. The default is
22. This option only has an effect on the brief (default) output
to a TTY device.
-f N Sets the width of the displayed filename to be N characters. The
default is 18. If the filename is longer than this number then
any requested file attributes will be displayed on the next
line.
-h -? Displays help for using the command.
-V Show the version of the tools package that dncopy comes from.
EXAMPLES
dndir ’myvax::’
dndir ’tramp"christine pjc123"::[.pics.cats]*.jpg’
dndir ’trisha"system -"::sys$system:*.exe’
Prompts for a password rather than typing it on the command line.
SEE ALSO
dntype(1), dncopy(1), dndel(1), dntask(1), dnsubmit(1), dnprint(1)