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Silly Windows Question

Jeffrey - Oct 18, 2003

		Jeffrey		Oct 18, 2003
			Ok. When I click on a volume or drive in windows I get a window with its contents. If I select something from that window, it will select the particular file. Is there any way I can copy and paste the file NAMES from the directory into, say, a text document? I would like to keep text files of the contents of certain CDs, archives, etc. I have XP. Can any operating system do this? Did that make sense? :huh

		IBarracudaI		Oct 18, 2003
			Command line console is your friend If you know some basic directory navigation commands, like cd, dir etc.. go to that directory and run: dir /B > list.txt you'll have a file list.txt on that directory listing the files...

		Jeffrey		Oct 18, 2003
			Thanks Barracuda! Can you give me a few more examples? 1. What if I am attempting to pull a directory from a drive that is not writeable (like a finished CDR or CD) ? What would the syntax be? 2. Is it possible to get file details in the list like windows provides?

		NR Pickle		Oct 18, 2003
			This is just a guess b/c I'm to lazy to test but try: dir /B > C:\list.txt If it works like I think it does that would redirect the text file to be written in the c root.

		IBarracudaI		Oct 18, 2003
			Yes, dir /B > c:\list.txt, would work, but if you want to know more about the files, don't use the /B flag as it only lists filenames... dir /a /o > c:\list.txt will show directories first and then filenames in sorted order with file sizes, dates.. etc.

		Scared0o0Rabbit		Oct 20, 2003
			I love dos. One of my favorite tricks used to be ctrl+p then type filename.txt then ctrl+p again when it's done. Fastest way to print anything .