Which format should I use to format external disk?

[Paul Smith]

On Dec 15, 2007 10:52 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Furthermore:
> > $ dir -l tent.pdf
> > -rw-r----- 1 psmith psmith 95075 2006-12-31 21:25 tent.pdf
> > $ke
> This is the first time I have seen someone use dir rather than ls in a
> *nix environment. This is not a criticism just a indication of surprise.

I am, Aaron, a former user of MS Windows. That is why I tend to use
'dir' instead of 'ls'. However, my conversion to Linux has already
several years, and I am very satisfied with Linux, particularly with
Fedora.

Paul