msls

msls is a port of GNU ls onto the MS-Windows platform.

Description

msls is an adaptation of the GNU ls directory information utility for Microsoft Windows. It lists exhaustive information on on Windows files in a format familiar to UNIX users, including information on DACLs/SACLs, integrity levels, reparse points, shortcuts, hard links, symbolic links, hidden streams, encryption, compaction, virtualization, object tracking identifier, and offline status.

See the documentation for details.

You can download ls at u-tools.com/msls. Also included is a native Windows version of the grep text search utility.

The primary repository is hosted on github at https://github.com/u-tools/msls

Requirements

• Microsoft Visual C/C++ (cl v12.00+) and tools
  • free versions are available (see Visual Studio Express)

Build Instructions

git clone https://github.com/u-tools/msls REPO_DIR
cd REPO_DIR
build &:: "release" is the default target

Build artifacts will be produced out-of-source, being placed in the "#build" subdirectory of REPO_DIR.

build help will show all available build targets. Some other specific build targets are:

build all	build both debug and release artifacts
build clean	clean up all build artifacts
build debug	build debug artifacts
build release	build release artifacts

Installation

To install: Copy "ls.exe" from the build directory to your favorite executable folder for your 32-bit command line utilities (eg, copy ls.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ls.exe

Documentation

For documentation see https://u-tools.com/msls.htm

LS_OPTIONS

Set the "LS_OPTIONS" environment variable in Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. The recommended option settings are:

-bhAC --more --color=auto --recent --streams

For grep the recommended settings for "GREP_OPTIONS" are:

--binary-files=text -d skip --color=auto

Acknowledgements

The port was written by Alan Klietz of U-Tools Software. Additional patches and a streamlined build process were contributed by Roy Ivy III.