## CPMLS

Section: User commands (1)
Updated: June 16, 2008
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NAME cpmls - list sorted contents of directory
SYNOPSIS
cpmls [-d|-D|-F|-A|-l[-c][-i]] [-f format] image [file-pattern...]
DESCRIPTION
Cpmls lists the sorted contents of the directory.
OPTIONS

-f
  Use the given CP/M disk format instead of the default format.
  For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk image formats apple-do and apple-po are available. These are DOS3.3 order and ProDOS order disk image formats respectively, and must always be specified using the form -f apple-do or -f apple-po.
-d
  Old CP/M 2.2 dir output.
-D
  P2DOS 2.3 ddir-like output.
-F
  CP/M 3.x dir output.
-A
  E2fs lsattr-like output.
-l
  Long UNIX-style directory listing including size, time stamp and user number.
-c
  Output the creation time, not the modification time.
-i
  Print index number of each file.

Example:
The following example shows how to list the files on an Apple II DOS 3.3 order cpm disk image using a unix-like output:
cpmls -f apple-do -l exmplcpm.dsk
RETURN VALUE - Upon successful completion, exit code 0 is returned.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a language like C.
ERRORS - Any errors are indicated by exit code 1.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a language like C.
FILES - diskdefs - CP/M disk format definitions
The diskdefs file is a plain ascii text file that serves as a database of disk and disk image format definitions. It can be reviewed for available CP/M formats and their names. For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk image formats apple-do and apple-po are available.
The possible locations where cpmtools first looks for the diskdefs file:
- Can vary depending on the preferences of the person who builds the cpmtools binaries (executables) from the source code.
- The location is also installation dependent and the diskdefs file may also have been renamed.
If it's not found the current (work) directory is then searched for a file called diskdefs.
On a unix-like system, a ${prefix}/share/ style path like /usr/local/share/ is a possible place that cpmtools will first look for diskdefs.
In a Win32 system sometimes unix-like shells like cygwin are used to run cpmtools instead of Windows cmd. For those installations unix-like conventions probably apply.
For cpmtools installations targetted at the average Windows user who does not have a unix-like shell and uses the Windows cmd prompt to run cpmtools there is no standard shared place that cpmtools will first look for diskdefs. Pathed File names like \cpm\diskdefs or even c:\cpmtools\diskdefs are possible.
AUTHORS
This program is copyright 1997-2008 Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>. The Windows port is copyright 2000, 2001 John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
SEE ALSO
cpmcp(1), cpm(5)

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NAME cpmls - list sorted contents of directory.
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
  OPTIONS
  RETURN VALUE
  ERRORS
  FILES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

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An ugly version of this document was initially created by man2html on November 14, 2008 using the cpmtools version 2.8 manual pages then edited and reformatted by hand by Bill Buckels.
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