In
computer software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
, specifically the
DCL
DCL or may refer to:
* 650 in Roman numerals, see 650 (disambiguation)
Computers
* Data Center Linux, see Open Source Development Labs
* Data Control Language, a subset of SQL
* Dialog Control Language, a language and interpreter within AutoC ...
command-line interface of the
OpenVMS
OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. It is designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Customers using Ope ...
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...
, the DIRECTORY
command
Command may refer to:
Computing
* Command (computing), a statement in a computer language
* COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS
* Command key, a modifier key on Apple Macintosh computer keyboards
...
(often abbreviated as DIR) is used to list the
files inside a
directory
Directory may refer to:
* Directory (computing), or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files
* Directory (OpenVMS command)
* Directory service, a software application for organizing information about a computer network' ...
.
OpenVMS User's Manual
/ref> It is analogous to the DOS dir and Unix
Unix (; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, a ...
ls commands.
Sample output
$ dir
Directory DISK$USER: BROCKLESBY.DICT.DICTD-1_8_0
ANNOUNCE.;1 CHANGELOG.;1 CLIENTPARSE.Y;1 CLIENTSCAN.L;1
CODES.H;1 CONFIG.GUESS;1 CONFIG.H_IN;1 CONFIG.SUB;1
CONFIGURE.;1 CONFIGURE.IN;1 COPYING.;1 DAEMON.C;1
DATA.C;1 DECL.H;1 DICT.1;1 DICT.C;1
DICT.H;1 DICTD.8;1 DICTD.C;1 DICTD.CONF;1
DICTD.H;1 DICTFMT.1;1 DICTFMT.C;1
DICTFMT_INDEX2SUFFIX.;1 DICTFMT_PLUGIN.;1 DICTP.H;1
DICTZIP.1;1 DICTZIP.C;1 DICTZIP.H;1 DOC.DIR;1
EXAMPLE.CONF;1 EXAMPLE.DICTRC;1 EXAMPLE.SITE;1 EXAMPLE2.CONF;1
EXAMPLE3.CONF;1 INDEX.C;1 INITSCRIPT.;1 INSTALL-SH.;1
INSTALL.;1 LIBMAA.DIR;1 MAKEFILE.;2 MAKEFILE.CONF;1
MAKEFILE.IN;2 MD5.C;1 MD5.H;1 NET.C;1
NET.H;1 PLUGIN.H;1 README.;1 REGEX.DIR;1
SERVPARSE.Y;1 SERVSCAN.L;1 TODO.;1 UTF8_UCS4.C;1
UTF8_UCS4.H;1 ZLIB.DIR;1
Total of 56 files.
See also
* Ls
*Dir (command)
In computing, dir (directory) is a command in various computer operating systems used for computer file and directory listing. It is one of the basic commands to help navigate the file system. The command is usually implemented as an interna ...
References
OpenVMS
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