CDLS(1,C)                   AIX Commands Reference                    CDLS(1,C)



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cdls



PURPOSE

Lists contents of CD-ROM directories.

SYNTAX


        +--------+
cdls ---| +----+ |--- cddirectory ---|
        +-| -a |-+ ^               |
         ^| -l ||  +---------------+
         |+----+|
         +------+


Note:  This command is for the PS/2 only.

DESCRIPTION

The cdls command is a CD-ROM command that is a restricted variant of the ls
command.  It can be used to display the contents of one or more CD-ROM
directories.  In the simplest form of the command, the contents of a directory
is shown, one entry per line.  If more than one directory is given on the
command line, the contents of each directory is shown preceded by a blank line
and a line containing the name of the directory followed by a colon.

Letters in file names on a CD-ROM are restricted to uppercase.  Since this
restriction conflicts with common AIX practice, file names displayed by cdls
are shown in lowercase.

CD-ROM file names are written as an absolute path beginning with an alias for a
device name, normally /cd0.  If a file name is written in relative form (that
is, no leading slash), the /cd0 prefix is assumed.

FLAGS

-a      Lists all entries in the directory, including entries that begin a dot.

-l      Similar to the -l option of the ls command, but there are some
        differences in the directory structure and content of a CD-ROM.  File
        permissions are always shown as "r--r--r--" and directories as
        "r-xr-xr-x".  The link count for a file is shown as 1; directories show
        an unknown count.  User and group IDs are  printed as "***".  The time
        shown for a file is the field described as "recording time" on the
        CD-ROM itself.





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FILES

/dev/cd0
/dev/rcdrom0

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "cdcp" and "cdcat."















































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