Re^4: differences in dir? (dir.exe)

As far as I am aware, the only way to get a raw list of files

I guess you didn't consider the alternative that the poster might "have a 'dir' program in [their] $ENV{PATH}". (:

One of my copies of cygwin has "dir.exe", one of them doesn't. Cygwin dir.exe appears to (by default) just list filenames, somewhat like 'ls'.

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Re^5: differences in dir? (dir.exe) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 02, 2007 at 17:36 UTC
True. I don't give cygwin house room, so I wouldn't be "aware" of that possibility. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^5: differences in dir? (dir.exe)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 02, 2007 at 17:36 UTC

True. I don't give cygwin house room, so I wouldn't be "aware" of that possibility.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.