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Old 03-06-2005, 08:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Make a list of folders?

Here's what I want to do...I want a text file of folder names at a given location. Is there a program that can do this for me?
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Old 03-06-2005, 08:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Try looking at download.com They have lots of out there programs available.
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Old 03-06-2005, 08:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Go to command prompt and type in tree. My Dos is kind of rusty, but I'm pretty sure you can redirect the output into a text file.

In any event if no one knows how to do it. Just copy & paste the text into a wordprocessing document.
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Old 03-06-2005, 08:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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to output the cmd tree command output into a text file put > [path to text file you are outputting to] after the tree command. Example: tree C:\Windows > C:\Temp\a.txt

The output is kind of messy though.
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Old 03-07-2005, 06:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Not sure what version of windows you're using, but this should work with all versions

1) go the the command prompt (command or CMD)
2) type dir /AD /ON > directories.txt

And there you go. It will create a file called directories.txt which will have all the directories listed, in alphabetical order.
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Old 03-07-2005, 07:23 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Here's what you really want. Open cmd, go to the folder you want the tree of and type in the following: dir /b /ad /on /s > dirs.txt


The output will be in that same folder.
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Old 03-07-2005, 06:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That does the trick well enough. THanks for your help, everyone.
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Old 03-14-2005, 09:28 AM   #8 (permalink)
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similar to vinaur's solution, nav to the top level folder in a cmd prompt, and typs:

dir /s > c:\files.txt

the output will be c:\files.txt

not sure what all the other switches V is listing.....dir /s will give you everything.
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Old 03-14-2005, 02:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
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similar to vinaur's solution, nav to the top level folder in a cmd prompt, and typs:

dir /s > c:\files.txt

the output will be c:\files.txt

not sure what all the other switches V is listing.....dir /s will give you everything.
The /b switch is to get rid of all the unnecessary info, such as date it was created and how many files it contains. It's called bare format.

The /ad switch is used to display only directories. You can display only hidden files (/ah), system files (/as), read-only, and so forth. The /a stands for attribute. The d stands for directory.

The /on is to order the directories by name.

The /s is to display the sub directories.

By doing dir /s you are going to get a humangous list with a lot of info that you don't need.
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Old 03-14-2005, 04:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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yes, but how do you do it in perl?
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Old 03-15-2005, 06:14 AM   #11 (permalink)
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By doing dir /s you are going to get a humangous list with a lot of info that you don't need.
thanks for explaining the switches.

I don't agree about /s though....it lists only date, time, top folder, and files/folders within....all pertinent info IMO.
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Old 03-15-2005, 06:20 AM   #12 (permalink)
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thanks for explaining the switches.

I don't agree about /s though....it lists only date, time, top folder, and files/folders within....all pertinent info IMO.
Jeff wanted to output only folders, so you would have to add more switches to filter the results.
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