Re: OT: List of files w/i a directory

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

dir c:\folder\*.* /s > thelist.txt

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Paul Kent <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> I'm getting ready to send off a CD to my client's customer and have been
> asked to provide a list of files on the CD.
>
> I've got a vague recollection of a DOS command that would list all of the
> files in a directory and it's subdirectories and pipe them to a txt file,
> but its been err, well, a bit longer than a week or two since I've used that
> command.
>
> I'm thinking it's something like
>
>
> Dir *.* <a switch that means look down thru all subdirs> >list.txt
>
> That command would do a directory of everything in the folder and it's
> subdirectories and pipe them to a txt file.
>
> Can someone help me with the correct syntax for the DOS command or an
> easier way to do this with the magic of Windows (XP and Office 2003 in case
> that makes a difference)?
>
> Plz reply directly as I'm on digest and kind of need to get crackin on this
> today if at all possible.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
> J. Paul Kent
> 206-383-0539
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