>>Is there any way to make the output from the DIR command show more information about the files in the current directory? I would expect to see output much like the old DOS command where it shows columns of information that include the filename, date, and file size in a vertical flowing format.
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>>It seems that the DIR command in FoxPro is designed to work with DBF files be default, and it does show more info about those files.
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>>However, if you use Dir *.*, then what FoxPro spits out is some dorky sideways list of just file names, without the date and filesize. It's just really hard to read. What were they thinking?
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>>Has anyone developed a better DIR command for VFP????
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>Why do you need one?

I have found that from my recent work in other coding environments such as Ruby on Rails, PowerShell, and doing server work in a terminal window, that I am missing out of some of the "terminal window" type features when I go into the FoxPro IDE.

For instance, if I CD into a directory, and then I want to see the files in there so that I might issue a MODIFY COMMAND statements, I need help seeing or remembering the filename. I find the current output format hard to read, and I don't always want to use the mouse and a dialog box.