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On Mar 18, 9:18=A0am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 17.03.2009 um 19:54 schrieb John North:
>
> > Thanks, but the buffer list only shows open buffers. =A0I am looking fo=
r
> > a list of all (or a subset) of the files from a directory and its sub-
> > directories.
>
> M-x dired RET ?
>
> --
> Greetings
>
> =A0 =A0Pete
>
> Imbecility, n.:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 censorious critics of this dictionary.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =96 Ambrose Bierce: _The =
Devil's Dictionary_

Thanks everyone,

  dired and find-dired seem to do exactly what I need, especially when
combined with with virtual-dired.

 I had been looking through lots of add-ins and it was core
functionality.

Thanks for the help