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Subject:Re: Query: Creating a text file from a directory From:jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:05:06 -0500
Cool -- You can do this in Windows, although technically you'd use the
MS-DOS prompt. I Googled a bit to find the following at
ComputerHope.com's list of MS-DOS commands (in particular: http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm#03).
Click Start - Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt.
At the C:\ prompt, type cd and the desired directory name, then press
Enter.
Type DIR > myfile.txt, then press Enter.
Open Windows Explorer, navigate to the desired directory and open
myfile.txt.
You don't get a whole lot of info (just filenames, byte size,
last-modified dates), but you can use switches with the DIR command to
print more directory info.
HTH,
Jenny Berger
Technical Writer
Information Systems
Fairfield Residential
"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
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07/17/2003 04:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Query: Creating a text file from a directory
>
> Just wanted to pass this along, because there doesn't appear to be a way
in
> Windows to accomplish this. However, if someone else indeed posted the
answer
> and I don't know it because I've not attempted to find it in the
archives,
> please forgive the redundancy.
To clarify, for any who are scratching their heads at my post, I'm
referring
to creating a list of the files that are contained in a directory.
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