folder list..

[ollie]

is there anyway of making a list of a folder + all sub folders...

without making it manually cos theres likt 5000 sub folders

 

[G_F]

Start>Run>CMD then use 'dir' on the relevent file

 

[ollie]

cheers ears ill give it a try

 

[ollie]

hmmm, is there any way of making it a bit more presentable?

im trying to make a list of all my Music. Its sorted into folders of Artists, then into Albums

Root - Artist - Album - Songs

 

[G_F]

You will need to 'print' to notepad, to be able to print to paper, cant remember how to do that bit at the minute, ill have a gander though...

 

[ollie]

How can i get it to list sub folders too?

 

[G_F]

It should list all folders + subfolders, does on mine, XP yeah?

EDIT: No it doesnt....

 

[ollie]

yup on xp... hmmm... doesnt seem to be showing subfolders... ah one sec..

 

[ollie]

nope it only seems to be listing the first set of folders (the artists) - no albums

 

[G_F]

Try

dir/A

Should list the Directory with the files underneath?

 

[G_F]

i.e

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music>dir /A

 

[ollie]

same thing :/

I also noticed that its not listing them all, cmd must not keep everything listed, as it seems to start at the letter N, whereas there are plenty of folders beggining with letters before N :S

 

[G_F]

Try /s?

Not sure now mate, seems to work ok for me.

I'm just going off this now...

http://www.ss64.com/nt/dir.html

 

[ollie]

hmm cheers boss i'll take a route :S hope i can get it workin

 

[G_F]

/s lists everything for me i.e.

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music\Arctic Monkeys\Favourite Worst Nightmare


11/04/2007 23:47 3,523,692 01 - Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm.mp3
11/04/2007 23:47 3,187,075 02 - Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker.mp3
11/04/2007 23:47 2,587,934 03 - Arctic Monkeys - D Is For Dangerous.mp3
11/04/2007 23:47 3,434,245 04 - Arctic Monkeys - Balaclava.mp3
11/04/2007 23:48 4,185,894 05 - Arctic Monkeys - Florescent Adolescent.mp3
11/04/2007 23:48 3,813,741 06 - Arctic Monkeys - Only One Who Knows.mp3
11/04/2007 23:49 4,152,834 07 - Arctic Monkeys - Do Me A Favour.mp3
11/04/2007 23:50 3,622,291 08 - Arctic Monkeys - This House Is A Circus.mp3
11/04/2007 23:50 5,658,090 09 - Arctic Monkeys - If You Were There, Beware.mp3
11/04/2007 23:51 2,968,647 10 - Arctic Monkeys - The Bad Thing.mp3
11/04/2007 23:51 3,642,874 11 - Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks.mp3
11/04/2007 23:51 4,883,091 12 - Arctic Monkeys - 505.mp3
11/04/2007 23:22 33,959 arctic_monkeys-favourite_worst_nightmare-(2007)-front.jpg
13 File(s) 45,694,367 bytes

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music\Whatever People Say I Am Thats What Im Not

26/04/2007 21:56 6,092,852 01 - The View From The Afternoon.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 5,216,729 02 - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 5,057,476 03 - Fake Tales Of San Francisco.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 4,120,522 04 - Dancing Shoes.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 3,675,053 05 - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 4,981,712 06 - Still Take You Home.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 3,112,922 07 - Riot Van.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 4,111,767 08 - Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 4,720,758 09 - Mardy Bum.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 7,239,955 10 - Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 5,329,295 11 - When The Sun Goes Down.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 5,273,843 12 - From The Ritz To The Rubble.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 8,924,622 13 - A Certain Romance.mp3
26/04/2007 21:56 9,462 DSAdvert.gif
26/04/2007 21:56 500 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.m3u
15 File(s) 67,867,468 bytes

Is that what your after?

 

[ollie]

Mine doesnt come out like that :S

Edit - yes it does, just looks diff cos most mine are on two lines...

And i just wanted it to show the folder names, not filenames - any way of that?

ALSO - its still blanks the top lot off - like, it wont let me scroll right to the begining

 

[G_F]

lol, my bad, type TREE

better?

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music>tree
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is 0006FE80 F496:CAB3
C:.
└───Arctic Monkeys
├───Favourite Worst Nightmare
└───Whatever People Say I Am Thats What Im Not

etc etc etc

 

[ollie]

^ Thats mint, lol, perfect... now still got one problem :S

see what i mean about it starting half way, when you first type the command it starts from A, but for some reason cmd can only dispaly a certain ammount.. any ideaS?

 

[G_F]

yayyy!! lol but no, have not got a clue mate, ill have a gander in my trusty DOS book that i have dug out......

 

[ollie]

yayyy!! lol but no, have not got a clue mate, ill have a gander in my trusty DOS book that i have dug out......

hahaha nice one, you're a god mate :rasp:

 

[ollie]

could it be this?

If so, it only lets you go up to 999, just hope its enough if this is the right thing

 

[G_F]

Aye, it is "exceed buffer size" as it says, take it to the top or do this

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Use the CD \ command to access the 'my music' folder.
3. Type Tree > Tree.rtf
4. Close the Command Prompt window.
5. Launch Word and open a new document.
6. Go to File | Page Setup.
7. In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Landscape Orientation, and set the left and right margins to 0.
8. Click OK and click the Ignore button in the margins warning dialog box.
9. Go to Insert | File.
10. In the Insert File dialog box, locate the Tree.rtf file and click the Insert button.
11. In the File Conversion dialog box, select the MS-DOS option and click OK.

 

[ollie]

Edit - ignore this

 

[ollie]

Aye, it is "exceed buffer size" as it says, take it to the top or do this

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Use the CD \ command to access the 'my music' folder.
3. Type Tree > Tree.rtf
4. Close the Command Prompt window.
5. Launch Word and open a new document.
6. Go to File | Page Setup.
7. In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Landscape Orientation, and set the left and right margins to 0.
8. Click OK and click the Ignore button in the margins warning dialog box.
9. Go to Insert | File.
10. In the Insert File dialog box, locate the Tree.rtf file and click the Insert button.
11. In the File Conversion dialog box, select the MS-DOS option and click OK.

Man - You're a legend Works great!!!!!

Thanks a LOT

 

[G_F]

lol no probs, i would like to say it was all off the top of my head, but then i would be lying.

 

[ollie]

lmao, a job well done never the less