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GNU Info (emacs)DirectoriesFile Directories ================ The file system groups files into "directories". A "directory listing" is a list of all the files in a directory. Emacs provides commands to create and delete directories, and to make directory listings in brief format (file names only) and verbose format (sizes, dates, and authors included). There is also a directory browser called Dired; see Note: Dired. `C-x C-d DIR-OR-PATTERN <RET>' Display a brief directory listing (`list-directory'). `C-u C-x C-d DIR-OR-PATTERN <RET>' Display a verbose directory listing. `M-x make-directory <RET> DIRNAME <RET>' Create a new directory named DIRNAME. `M-x delete-directory <RET> DIRNAME <RET>' Delete the directory named DIRNAME. It must be empty, or you get an error. The command to display a directory listing is `C-x C-d' (`list-directory'). It reads using the minibuffer a file name which is either a directory to be listed or a wildcard-containing pattern for the files to be listed. For example, C-x C-d /u2/emacs/etc <RET> lists all the files in directory `/u2/emacs/etc'. Here is an example of specifying a file name pattern: C-x C-d /u2/emacs/src/*.c <RET> Normally, `C-x C-d' displays a brief directory listing containing just file names. A numeric argument (regardless of value) tells it to make a verbose listing including sizes, dates, and owners (like `ls -l'). The text of a directory listing is obtained by running `ls' in an inferior process. Two Emacs variables control the switches passed to `ls': `list-directory-brief-switches' is a string giving the switches to use in brief listings (`"-CF"' by default), and `list-directory-verbose-switches' is a string giving the switches to use in a verbose listing (`"-l"' by default). automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |