What happened to the DIR command

[Guru-Choc]

Doing it in a directory now displays nothing even if the files are there, what should I use instead. I can't see the sense in taking this out.

 

[pc_tek]

try using a folder that has something in it 😀

dir works fine.

 

[Guru-Choc]

Um don't you think I would of tried that ??

Tried all my drives, can't see anything when I type DIR, but I can type filenames in there and execute them fine.

C:\Documents and Settings\Gareth Hall>dir
Volume in drive C is MAIN
Volume Serial Number is 0C67-12F7

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Gareth Hall


Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Guru-CHoc

File Not Found

C:\Documents and Settings\Guru-Choc>e:

E:\>dir
Volume in drive E is VIDEOS
Volume Serial Number is 3B66-1000

Directory of E:\


Directory of E:\

File Not Found

E:\>

 

[pc_tek]

wierd... my first guess would be that your cmd.exe got corrupt somehow. If i am not mistaken, the dir commend comes from that file. So I have zipped up my cmd.exe file for you to try to replace.

Make a backup of your original first. Then drop mine into c:\windows\system32

Let me know if this works.

 

[AmarSingh]

yeah...dir should work fine, but you can also use the unix command ls that has options -l, -a, -F, -R etc

 

[Guru-Choc]

Thanks pc_tek, no joy at all 🙁

Very weird indeed.

 

[pc_tek]

ntfs by chance?

 

[pc_tek]

one other thing.... entertain me here...

try this..

dir /ah

😀

 

[Guru-Choc]

C:\>dir /ah
Volume in drive C is MAIN
Volume Serial Number is 0C67-12F7

Directory of C:\


Directory of C:\

File Not Found

C:\>

 

[Electronic Punk]

I use NTFS and dir works fine.

 

[insaNity]

Originally posted by pc_tek
one other thing.... entertain me here...

try this..

dir /ah

😀

you might be on the right track there - Try this instead:
dir *.* /a

that should show any file; be it hidden, system, normal or read only.

also, what is your output of this command?:
echo %dircmd%

 

[Guru-Choc]

Ah-ha, that works with the *.*, but why should Ii need too when others don't, is there some switch/setting that may be foobar ??

 

[insaNity]

I think something is setting the %dircmd% environmental variable to a different filespec. The variable is there to customise DIR so you don't have to type in common switches every time.

what is the output of:
echo %dircmd%

?

 

[Guru-Choc]

Yes, I had changed a setting in the enviromental variables when I first installed XP, and hadn't used the dos window since, deleted that and all is well. Thanks for the help. I knew I musta done something wrong 🙂

 

[insaNity]

Glad to help.

Always satisfying to hear back that all is well 🙂

 

[pc_tek]

coolness... good job!
😀

 

[phishhead]

the unix cmds don't work here...damn that would have been cool tool😡 pc tek long time no see...peppys back and gone again be back up in a few days da boys have been asking about you over there same with rootnik😀

 

[insaNity]

Unixisim. Just extract the files to a directory in your path enviro. variable.

 

[AmarSingh]

Originally posted by adobo
the unix cmds don't work here...

oops...it must be that I have cygwin installed and the directory with the bins is set as an environment variable. I didnt even think of that, but i guess that explains why ls works. I just assumed that it was an added feature by MS. now that i check...most unix commands like make and rm work so it that must be the case. Sorry