Viewing the Contents of a Directory(MS-DOS)

In this section, you will view the contents of a directory by using the dir command. The

dir command stands for "directory."

To view the contents of a directory:

1. Type the following at the command prompt:

dir

A list similar to the following appears:

Volume in drive C is MS-DOS_6.22

Volume Serial Number is lE49-15E2

Directory of C:\

WINDOWS <DIR> 09-08-92 10:27p

TEMP <DIR> 05-15-92 12:09p

CONFIG SYS 278 09-23-92 10:50a

COMMAND COM 53014 09-18-92 6:00a

WINA20 386 9349 11-11-91 5:00a

DOS <DIR> 09-02-92 4:23p

AUTOEXEC BAT 290 09-23-92 10:54a

7 file(s) 62931 bytes

8732672 bytes free

This is called a directory list. A directory list is a list of all the files and

subdirectories that a directory contains. In this case, you see all the files and

directories in the main or root directory of your drive. All the files and

directories on your drive are stored in the root directory.