[Coco] what happened to DIR?

[Bob Devries]

Hi Gene,

here's the output of dir_9 with the -? option

use: dir [opts] {dir1 dir2 ..} [{file name list}] [opts]
   -e  Extended directory listing
   -x  Execution directory listing
   -s  Sorted listing, alpha numeric order
   -u  Unformatted listing
   -w  Re-Write sorted directory
   -h  Help
   -n<=dir> Search names, <in named directory>, optional
   -r<=num> Recursive listing of directorys, <num=level>, optional

The docunt file seems to indicate that any empty directory entries left 
by the sort are cleaned up when the -w (rewrite) option is used.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

On 21/05/2014 1:46 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 May 2014 22:20:04 Bob Devries did opine
> And Gene did reply:
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> I did some sleuthing, and found that the DIR command I use was in fact
>> from dir_9.lzh on RTSI. It's in the /OS9/OS9_6X09/APPS/ directory
> Humm, can't say as it rings any bells here Bob.  Does it have a readme or
> help file of some kind?
>
> I would be curious to see if it does any cleanup in the process of sorting
> & rewriting.
>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> On 21/05/2014 11:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 20 May 2014 20:24:34 Bob Devries did opine
>>>
>>> And Gene did reply:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> For many years, I used a version of the DIR command that was
>>>> enhanced with quite a few extra options, among them dir sort (with
>>>> rewrite option).
>>>>
>>>> The current version in NitrOS9 only uses the unmodified Tandy
>>>> version.
>>> I'd call that an ooops.  We have had directory sorters of several
>>> ilks for 20 years or more.  There was a dirsort, that had some
>>> options, I had a hand in dsort (mostly trash cleanup where the
>>> original could leave garbage, and multivue's own gsort, which had
>>> the same problem of not doing a very good job of cleaning up.
>>>
>>> Dsort, and the dropin replacement for MV's gsort are available on my
>>> web page below. Both will also run from the command line.
>>>
>>>> I'd love to see the enhanced version added. If it's already there,
>>>> it may be camouflaged under a different name that I haven't
>>>> recognised.
>>> If Tormod is reading the mail, there is the next merge project. ;-)
>>>
>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett