Re: Strange dir d*. results

that is different.

try dir d*

or dir my*


"Steven Andrews" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> Just mucking around today, began DOS prompt as admin: cd\ into root of
> c Drive. Issued dir d*.* command
> Expected a list of all documents and folders in the root of C starting
> with the letter D, and instead got this:
>
> C:\>dir d*.*
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 5440-F38A
>
> Directory of C:\
>
> 01/05/2007 07:01 AM <DIR> temp
> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
> 1 Dir(s) 27,550,375,936 bytes free
>
> C:\>
>
> Issued dir t*.* and got the listing one would expect from a command.
> Why does the letter d appear wrong?
>
> Any ideas or thoughts?
>
> Steve
>