On 11/9/2022 7:26 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
Hi all,
There is a minor compatibility difference with the FreeCOM DIR command.
Most of the option switches work like toggles. For example:
dir /w- shows a wide listing
dir /w /w - shows a normal listing
dir /w /w /w - shows a wide listing
This deviates from MS-DOS
dir /w- shows a wide listing
dir /w /w- shows a wide listing
To toggle it back off MS-DOS requires the /-w switch and works fine
with the FreeCOM DIR.
When used through an alias like “set alias ls=dir /w” then executing
“ls /w” it produce results different from what is expected.
Not all options perform toggling. For example:
dir /p- pauses per page
dir /p /p - pauses per page
I don’t think the toggling is very important. But, it does deviant
from MS-DOS.
I do think that consistency across the options is important.
Any thoughts?
My thought? You got to be kidding! ;-)
Sorry, just can't see how one could possibly abuse that bug in MS-DOS,
and that is certainly nothing that I would suggest we strive to emulate,
consistency or not...
Ralf
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