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All I want is to make a list...
I need to create a library card type thing to help me find my archived files quickly.
I have ~10 discs with ~300 files on each. Trouble is, I don't know how to copy the list of the files. e.g. http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4346/listo7yf.jpg I'm sure it's all very easy when you know how. |
from a command prompt
Dir *.* >myfilename.txt call myfilename whatever you want... the > will pipe the directory to a file and you can always import that file into Excel - witha column added for what disk it's on.. |
Mal, dearest, you overestimate my computational competence.
I was hoping the answer didn't involve the command prompt. I haven't used that since 1989 I'll give it a go.... |
Hey it worked!!!!
Many thanks. :icare: |
the command prompt isn't scary...
Go to Start/Run and type in CMD Press ENTER A friendly black box will appear Type Cd\ and Press ENTER THis will take you to your root drive of C: Pop your disk into the drive... Type DIR D:\*.* >DISK1.txt Press ENTER On your c:\ drive you will now see a text file called Disk 1 Eject the first disk and enter the second disk Press the up arrow and change DISK1.txt to DISK2. txt Press ENTER Continue until done... |
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This sure beats the old 'try-each-disk-until-you-find-it' method.
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But me, I'm going to print the .txt file and get the hell out of here. It's 5:00pm in Anglo-Land and I'm off to my Mam's for tea. :thumbsup: |
I'm way too geeky for my own good. Before Mal posted that reply, I was already dreaming of creating a self-updating database that would allow you to do partial string matching on any document on any drive and let you double-click to open it from the interface. And I was starting to think how I'd prototype it. Damn you and your quick solutions, Mal!!! :)
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You can also append to the file if you have multiple listings.. instead of > use >>. The double caret means append.
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bahaha nice screenshot..
If you use > it starts at the beginning of the file and overwrites whatever was initially there.. >> appends (adds to the end) of the file. |
Jinn, I'm on board with you, when I first read it I started thinking about modifying a PHP script I have that would scan for the CD volume and update the list accordingly.
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