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gnomevfs-ls

gnomevfs-ls(1)							   User Commands						    gnomevfs-ls(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-ls - display a directory listing of a virtual location

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-ls URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-ls displays a directory listing of a URI location.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the location of the virtual directory in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Listing the Directory Contents of the System Root Directory

       example% gnomevfs-ls file:///

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-ls    Executable to display a directory listing of a virtual location

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004							    gnomevfs-ls(1)

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