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From: twb@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.w.beattie)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v10i256: ls, great ls for DOS or OS/2 (part 01/02)
Keywords: ls, OS/2
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.212356.18971@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 21:23:56 GMT
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In article <3432@sixhub.UUCP> ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com writes:
>  I said I'd never post another version of ls again, but this one is
>small, very versatile, and may be used in DOS or OS/2.

This version of ls doesn't handle the DOS SWITCHAR at all.
It insists on options (flags, switches) being introduced by a hyphen.
It also marks directories with forward slashes rather than the backslashes
actually used under DOS.

>Reviewed by gupta!few@sun.com, (author):

Reviewed by the author??
What good is that??
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Tom Beattie
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t.w.beattie@att.com